Every time I’m on a plane, I try to remember how magical it is for us, humans, to be so high up in thin air. In this particular instance, I didn’t have any effort to make …

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Palm Springs - Denver flight

... as, returning from a short business trip to the US (Palm Springs / Denver hop), I was flying over a few of Earth’s most magnificent landscapes, showing the power elements have to rip its crust apart …

Colorado

… and dig deep canyons …

Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

… sculpting whole landscapes into art.

Utah

I even got offered an unusual perspective over Monument Valley (which I didn’t know could still be snow-capped early June!) …

Monument Valley, Utah, USA

… and a striking reminder that sometimes, the path of least resistance is far from being a straight line!

San Juan River Canyon, Utah, USA (Incidentally, the Mexican Hat village's green football field in the bottom right gives an idea of the scale of the canyon...)

Landing in a stormy Denver, I felt like I had had the privilege of visiting another world, on a different scale, for a little while…

Denver airport

More to come, stay tuned!