I would love to do that. Clear days (with low pressure as I understand it) would help with the view south from the hills of Cumbria.
How did you manage that? I thought that passenger visits to the flight deck were strictly taboo since 9/11?....or are you cabin crew?
He could also be an accredited reporter; that category is still allowed in the observer's seat as well ( by prior arrangement ).
Great photo. This is such a good time of year when the tops are covered in snow for the contrast that they give.
That sounds incredible. I can imagine from high altitude that the view is spectacular in clear weather both day and night. There was a picture a few years ago posted on Twitter taken from a northbound shuttle from Heathrow to Glasgow at night, it was high above the East Midlands and ahead the conurbations around Manchester, Liverpool, and Sheffield were all clearly visible and lit up with street lighting.
The views can great on a clear night heading up to Scotland. Flew up from Birmingham last week and could clearly see Nottingham and Derby. Burton upon Trent too along the lit line of the A38. I have noticed the blue lights on emergency vehicles can be more clearly seen from higher up.
Nice photo, and it oce again raises something which has always puzzled me. On maps the Fylde coast from Starr Gate northward looks virtually straight, apart from a few "wobbles" in and out. Your photo though, clerly shows quite a large curve outwards towards Rossall Point (I think), which really isn't represented on physical maps. Do I imagine it, or maybe it's do to with the way the sand stretches out at low tide? It's just never seemed right to me, or maybe I should spend less time thinking about such things
Excellent photo. You can get a similar view from Blackstone Edge, between Ripponden and Littleborough.
Correct. The White House pub is situated on the A58, close to its junction with the B6138 from Mytholmroyd via Cragg Vale....which, at just under six miles, is the longest continuous hill climb in England - beloved of super-fit cyclists and part of the 2014 Tour de France course. The actual hill called Blackstone Edge (473 metres/1,552 feet above sea level) with its prominent rocky outcrops, lies a short distance to the South and is one of the highest summits in the South Pennines.
1985 so I almost certainly film camera. You might be surprised how much detail is hiding in there if you get a high-enough resolution scanner (obviously, it's not a Zoom and Enhance! situation, but film does record quite a lot).
Thank you, It won't be 10/10 quality when you look up close because I'm on a pixel phone. The plan is to get a camera photographing. I'll take your word for it and go there when I move up north this year. Winter hill is another spot to go and try for as I've been looking through the thread.
Well as the country is slightly closer to the sun in summer thanks to the earth's tilt but there might be more to that, to be honest. Then again after you realise it makes sense light and UV rays bound in our atmosphere much more thanks to how long days are. Of course, it all has to do with droplets in the air with evaporation and condensation.
Wood Farm View Point (Stanmore, London)
Genuinly suprised how much of Surrey you can see from here.
Minehead Beach (Minehead, Somerset)
(this one was taken on my friends phone, as well the website i use starts the pano at north)
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I dont Have any images here sadly since it was 2017, However when doing was was London to Marseille Euorstar service it is possible to see central Paris and the Eiffel Tower.
Blackstone Edge can be reached by a 10-15 minute walk from the 900/901 Huddersfield-Hebden Bridge bus route.
Excellent, most likely will be doing it!
A bigger factor will be the higher elevation of the sun meaning the light is less scattered by the atmosphere.
ahhh ok thanks, I'm not knowledgeable on this stuff. Thanks for mentioning it.
The point I was trying to make is that in winter, we're used to a lower level of light (habituation). So when you look at a summer photo in winter, it would look brighter to your mind than the summer photo would in summer.
Actually amazing! such a stunning shot!
No....although it has sometimes been claimed that both seas are visible from the 893 metre/2,930 feet summit of Cross Fell, the highest point in the Pennines. In reality, the flattish, dome-shape of the summit precludes such bi-directional views (Source: Wikipedia).
