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| Lift-off from Portland Airport; volcanic trio; then watching the Columbia River drain into the Pacific Ocean. |
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| Minimalist coastlines of British Columbia shift to dramatic mountain ranges. |
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| Envying odd peaks out the far side of the plane, then the landscape gets rugged under my side of the plane too. |
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| Descent into Anchorage |
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| Even lower over Anchorage. Sunlight reflects off ponds; snow-capped peaks; low angle of sun behind trees casts dramatic shadows on the water. |
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| The fabulous mountain view from Anchorage airport. |
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| Lifting off from Anchorage, en route to Fairbanks: already the sky turning golden with sunset at 2:30 in the afternoon! |
