BOS -> LAX
Monday, October 24. 2005
Between the East and West coast, USA (Oct 23, 2004)
I have never been away from my blog for so many days, and I feel very sorry for that (also sorry for not having visited your blogs). So sorry that I feel the urge to post something now, even if it is over 23 hours that I am awake, having spent the best part of this long day on an airplane.
I spent last week in Baltimore, at a meeting on Debris disks (these are disks of dust and pebbles that forms around young planetary systems, because of planetesimals, asteroids and young planets crashing into each others). The meeting went well, and was very interesting, but in the end I was so exhausted that I couldn’t do much photography while I was there. Back in Boston I had to prepare my next meeting, which is starting tomorrow (well, today according to the time stamp of my server) in Kona, Hawaii.
The photo of course was taken while I was on my way to Hawaii, somewhere above the deserts of the southwest. Maybe Nevada, or most probably Arizona, since this photo was taken maybe one hour before landing in Los Angeles. I am always amazed by the variety of textures that one can discover from an airplane, especially when flying over deserted areas. The bottom part of this photo could be easily Mars... but the top is unmistakably Earth, the blue marble, unique place in the known universe where we can breathe, live and prosper (yea, I am a fan of Star Trek).
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Massimo,
Welcome back. I too have been away from my blog and those of my friends for too long. I plan to start posting more frequently now. Great aerial shot. I like the range of colors from foreground to background and how the change is both gradual and sudden.
Welcome back. I too have been away from my blog and those of my friends for too long. I plan to start posting more frequently now. Great aerial shot. I like the range of colors from foreground to background and how the change is both gradual and sudden.
Nice choice in the inclusion of a slice of atmospheric gradient with which to complement that vast sprawl of desert terrain. Hawaii sounds splendid considering the extended stretch of dismal gray dampness we’ve been ‘enjoying’ here in New England - even if Hawaii meant work rather than relaxation, I’d take it 
Buen tiro amigo. De momento parece otro planeta, me gusta que en la composición incluyeras el horizonte.
I would have to say you have the best taken-from-above photographs I’ve seen.
Your work sounds interesting Massimo but also a bit hectic. I enjoy your aerial views and geoabstract images. I feel sometimes that I share part of your journey, both on the flight but then also at the meeting discussing obscure scientific detail in a room full of enthusiastic scientists. Its this combination of prose and image thats keeps me hooked on your blog.
I too am always amazed at how different the texture of the Earth looks from an airplane...it gives a whole new perspective on how we move about the planet. Being a Star Trek fan is a good thing...
I can tell you were sleepy when you posted this, you seem to have lost an entire year on the date below the photo.
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