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These photos were taken from a window seat on WestJet Flight 2290 on October 14, 2018. The weather was mostly clear and snow was just dusting some of the mountains in Montana and Utah. We flew over some pretty interesting stuff. Check out the photos and explanations below…
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Simplot Agribusiness - Don Phosphate Plant
A 50,000 acre solar evaporation facility.
The world’s largest excavation is an open pit copper mine. Take the virtual tour.
Lake Powell - white rocks north (Cretaceous) and red rocks to the south (Jurassic). Look that up in the Lake Powell Geologic Guide.
Horseshoe Bend is an incised meander on the Colorado River.
Kearny, Arizona located between the Ray copper mine and the Hayden Smelter.
Hayden Smelter, Arizona - home to a 305m chimney, the tallest free-standing structure in Arizona.
USP Tucson and ADC Whetstone holding ~3000 inmates between them.
I love looking out airplane windows and while an aisle seat has a few alleged advantages, I usually nap and get dinged by the beverage and food carts as they go up and down the aisle. So if it is a daytime flight, I’m usually on the window. Today’s flight flew over Alberta, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas before entering Mexican airspace
Pakowki Lake, Alberta.
The sky was hazy in Alberta due to forest fires (but that smoke created an awesome red sunrise).
Mount Brown - Sweetgrass Hills.
Erosional headlands south of Milk River, Montana?
Texas oil field east of Ozona, Texas.
Rio Grande and the Amistad International Reservoir.
Inliers near Piedras Negras, Mexico.
Descent into Mexico City.