Most of my trips the past few years have been from Chicago to either Austin or Minneapolis, but in the Fall of 2025 I visited friends in Boston for a few days. I scheduled an afternoon flight — my love of window seats has been well-documented on this site — and it turned out that my flight took off in the middle of the afternoon and landed well into the evening a time zone east. I had about six hours of different types of daylight in three, including a gorgeous sunset at 33,000 feet. I sure love window seats. I think flight attendants have gotten to the point where they quickly spot me as That Guy Who’s Tuned Out While He Stares.

September 18, 2025. OnePlus 12 cell phone, 6mm focal length (35mm equivalent: 23mm), f/1.6, 1/33, ISO 640.