As someone with a bad fear of heights: beautiful pictures but... shudder .
The narrator in this one claims to fear heights and electricity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGoaXZwFlJ4
Gotham 7.5K: A Rare High Altitude Night Flight Above NYC
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#32Those images are amazing. Great photographer, and great idea at this unique perspective. Although I think the height above the city drama was a bit overplayed.
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#33One of my favorite things to do with new passengers is take them up and down the Hudson River corridor, an airspace that "tunnels through" the more tightly controlled airspaces of Newark and Laguardia. From the Verrazanno Bridge up the Manhattan side of the river at 1000 feet and exiting over the Tappan Zee (or vice versa, southbound on the Jersey side, or a round trip) is unforgettable for passengers.
These images are breathtaking, but the nofilter, in-real-life version are even moreso, IMO.
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#34I'm sure many would love to get high-res versions of these pics, any chance he'll make them available?
You can get them if you look through the network request the browser makes. Largest I saw was 4096x3096, which is just perfect for desktop backgrounds!
View page source and find "original.jpg"...
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#35The images truly are breathtaking. His note about the streets seeming like neurons is interesting, but I hope I'm not the only person who immediately thought the shots resembled an exaggerated extruded version of a chip's layered layout. (Here's sort of a small version: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Cell-Proc... ) It's a bit odd: the scale of the city is not quite large enough to look like a mode…
New York as a Microchip layout was the main theme of the intro of 'Hackers'. Check out around 0:40
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
Regulations require it, also air likes to cling to to the surface, plus you had a chance to acclimate and/or are experienced with such a thing.
The regulations actually don't require it. Under FAA rules for general aviation ("Part 91"), you need oxygen between 12,500 and 14,000 feet if you remain there for more than 30 minutes, and it's only once you climb above 14,000 feet that the pilot unequivocally has to have it. You need to get to 15,000 feet before the passengers have to have oxygen provided. (More: http://www.faa.gov/pilots/safety/pilotsafetybrochure…
Yup this is right.
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#37The images truly are breathtaking. His note about the streets seeming like neurons is interesting, but I hope I'm not the only person who immediately thought the shots resembled an exaggerated extruded version of a chip's layered layout. (Here's sort of a small version: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Cell-Proc... ) It's a bit odd: the scale of the city is not quite large enough to look like a mode…
very much so.. no doubt how the "Grid" in Tron was conceived..
in fact, these photos have a "tron" kind of feel to them (the saturation of some of those neon colors looks very EL)
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#38Those images are amazing. Great photographer, and great idea at this unique perspective. Although I think the height above the city drama was a bit overplayed.
Again, Just freaking Awesome!
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#39The images truly are breathtaking. His note about the streets seeming like neurons is interesting, but I hope I'm not the only person who immediately thought the shots resembled an exaggerated extruded version of a chip's layered layout. (Here's sort of a small version: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Cell-Proc... ) It's a bit odd: the scale of the city is not quite large enough to look like a mode…
New York as a Microchip layout was the main theme of the intro of 'Hackers'. Check out around 0:40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c4KG_8iTZM
That intro was responsible for introducing me to Orbital as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_(band)
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#40One of my favorite things to do with new passengers is take them up and down the Hudson River corridor, an airspace that "tunnels through" the more tightly controlled airspaces of Newark and Laguardia. From the Verrazanno Bridge up the Manhattan side of the river at 1000 feet and exiting over the Tappan Zee (or vice versa, southbound on the Jersey side, or a round trip) is unforgettable for passengers. These images a…
How difficult is it to get clearance to fly a helicopter or airplane over Manhattan as they did? It seems like an unnecessary risk given the population density. For that matter wouldn't it be possible for a terrorist to get approval by creating a ruse of a legitimate (but non essential) reason?