Wednesday 22 August 2012

Sky

I've been watching planes fly over head, leaving vapour trails in their wake, and fantasising about where they are going or where they have been.

In another lifetime I would fly quite frequently, every couple of months, and loved the excitement and thrill of soaring through the sky. I would look out the window and admire the tops of the clouds, their magical landscape. Occasionally I would catch a glimpse of the land or sea beneath, putting into perpsective the fragility of a lump of metal thousands of feet above, and the minutia of people compared to the earths mass. We are but a speck.

Looking up at the planes, they themselves disappear into nothing more than a speck.

Plane vapour trail

I wonder where they are going. And will I get a postcard.

Joining in with The Gallery at Sticky Fingers and the prompt of Sky.


16 comments:

  1. Lovely photo, my son loves seeing the vapour trails although he thinks all the planes are called Jeremy (as in Thomas the tank engine) and they all go to England!

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  2. Never thought of putting up vapour trail pictures (got a few of those). These are lovely though.

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  3. There's such a strong sense of narrative to your photos and this one is no exception. Love it.

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  4. Great post and photo. So evocative.

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  5. Love the photographs and your words. I am like a child in awe whenever I watch a plane - never ceases to amaze me the wonder of air travel and how it's changed the way we live.

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  6. I often wonder where the planes are going too and wishing it was me on-board heading to somewhere tropical. Lovely pic x

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  7. I love watching planes in the sky. I often wonder where it is they're going to and why. Beautiful picture.

    Herding Cats

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  8. I love how they leave the trail behind them..and I usally want to be on the flight too!

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  9. Lovely and vibrant. My mum says it must be Summer when you can see people going on holiday!

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  10. Oh I love this photo. You are clever. I used to think vapour trails were from rockets when I was little. Postcards from space?

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  11. Great photo, watching planes..I always wonder too

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  12. I love watching vapour trails aswell, and watching them slowly evapourate.

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