Flight out to Japan![](images/flights/to_japan/flight_out_1.jpg)
Here's
the video map showing our flight path. It's curved because this
map is a flat projection of an ellipsoidal/egg-shaped world.
![](images/flights/to_japan/flight_out_4.jpg)
On
the flight over, keenly aware we were passing over the artic circle, I
snapped this picture excitedly, thinking the clouds ahead were glaciers
or something.
![](images/flights/to_japan/flight_out_5.jpg)
Ice floes can look cool. These are definitely not clouds.
![](images/flights/to_japan/flight_out_7.jpg)
Water snakes across the land below.
![](images/flights/to_japan/flight_out_6.jpg)
We arrive at Japan. Lots of agriculture going on here.
![](images/flights/to_japan/flight_out_8.jpg)
Here's
something I found strange. We flew over so many golf courses
during our approach to the airport, it was just silly. Here's one
of them.
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