Istanbul Atatürk Olympic Stadium from my window

İstanbul Atatürk Olympic Stadium

Istanbul Atatürk Olympic Stadium during north bound take-off from Istanbul Atatürk Airport.

Day & Night

North bound take-off from Istanbul Ataturk Airport

North bound take-off from Istanbul Ataturk Airport

Same spot at the same speed during a morning take-off and a night take-off from Istanbul Ataturk Airport. We can often be at the same spot on a two dimensional space, but we can really rarely be at the same spot on a three - dimensional space.

Night Landing to Antalya - August 2013

Approaching for Antalya Airport for a night landing

In the picture, Konyaaltı and Boğaçayı regions are visible with their neat road networks. South bound over water approach and 180 degree turns are required for landings to two parallel 36 runways at Antalya Airport.

Colours of the sun at 30.000 feet over Burdur in Turkey - August 2013

Just before the sunrise - leaving the night behind

Flying towards North

Sunrise over Burdur at 30.000 feet

Sunshine

Bright sunshine towards the camera

Landing to Newark Liberty

Landing to Newark Liberty

Landing to Newark Liberty Airport in New Jersey as of February 1996. World Trade Center twin towers are visible as part of an old downtown skyline. The aircraft is Boeing 747-300, not much chance to see them landing there today any more. The blurred horizontal section towards the bottom of the picture is actually the real vision effect of the hot engine thrust. In the picture, Pulasky skyway, New Jersey Harbour, Manhattan, New York City, WTC and major rail lines are all visible. NJ harbour area and surrounding region usually gives a yellow colour from the air during winter months.

Road to Venice

Road to Venice

Landing path to Venice Marco Polo Airport gave me a very good view of both the highway and the railway leading towards the Island of Venice. After landing to Venice I used the waterway to the Island and watched the planes approaching from this same spot and altitude. It was a clear day in Venice when I flew there in July 2013.

Night approach to Istanbul Ataturk Airport

Night approach to Istanbul Ataturk Airport

Southern approach to Istanbul Ataturk Airport is performed over Marmara Sea. Planes coming from Europe first fly over western part of Istanbul then turn heading to Marmara Sea. Just at that particular transition to Marmara Sea, the approach path crosses the coast of Silivri. On this clear night in July 2013, the particular scenery shows the coast of Silivri ( a summer resort area of Istanbul ) with half moon and highway lights.

Sunset

My first picture in the "aviation photography" section of my blog was the "sunrise over the Atlantic". In this picture however, I have captured the sunset over Europe in July 2013. Again it is overcast weather outside. However we were not as high over the cloud level as we were in my first picture ( over the Atlantic ocean). Thus, the cloud layer seems pretty close to the plane but it still reflects the pink-violet sunset effect beautifully.

Taking off from Venice Marco Polo Airport - July 2013

The marsh area just next to Venice Marco Polo Airport gives an interesting view during take off from Venice. The land seems green however we are definitely over water.

Northern take off from Istanbul Atatürk Airport - August 2013

Picture shows Northern section of Küçükçekmece lake in Istanbul during northern take off from Istanbul Atatürk Airport.

Rosolina Mare, Italy - July 2013

Picture shows Rosolina Mare which is located in the Northern Adriatic coast of Italy. The descending path for airplanes approaching from the East and going to Venice, crosses very near Rosolina Mare. So almost at the beginning of the descending path, my window seat gave me a good view of Rosolina Mare at high altitude.

Sunrise over the Atlantic ocean

Sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean

I took this picture during a JFK - Amsterdam flight on a KLM Boeing 747-400. The picture shows the overcast weather during sunrise at a very early hour in the morning as we continue to cross the Atlantic Ocean on September 1, 1986. The camera is Voigtlander. Manual settings allow a sharp focus for far distances. The view outside looks quite new which is in fact from 1986.