Houston to San Jose - Roads etc, from 30,000ft

[RC45]

I wanted to show some of the non-US folks some scenery from a different perspective - these are some roads I spied from the window this morning...

http://img11.exs.cx/img11/2899/houston12nh.th.jpg (http://img11.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img11&image=houston12nh.jpg) http://img11.exs.cx/img11/1615/westtexas7sc.th.jpg (http://img11.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img11&image=westtexas7sc.jpg) http://img11.exs.cx/img11/1616/newmexico6uo.th.jpg (http://img11.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img11&image=newmexico6uo.jpg) http://img11.exs.cx/img11/9680/rockies4ih.th.jpg (http://img11.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img11&image=rockies4ih.jpg)
Houston----------------------West Texas----------------------New Mexico---------------------The Rockies
http://img11.exs.cx/img11/746/vegas12cb.th.jpg (http://img11.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img11&image=vegas12cb.jpg) http://img11.exs.cx/img11/3677/vegas20vz.th.jpg (http://img11.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img11&image=vegas20vz.jpg) http://img11.exs.cx/img11/9966/vegas37qh.th.jpg (http://img11.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img11&image=vegas37qh.jpg)
Las Vegas 1------------------------Las Vegas 2------------------------Las Vegas 3
http://img11.exs.cx/img11/4332/siliconvalley19oc.th.jpg (http://img11.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img11&image=siliconvalley19oc.jpg)http://img11.exs.cx/img11/7416/siliconvalley24tu.th.jpg (http://img11.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img11&image=siliconvalley24tu.jpg) http://img11.exs.cx/img11/9767/california19cg.th.jpg (http://img11.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img11&image=california19cg.jpg)
Silicon Valley 1----------------Silicon Valley 2----------------California
http://img11.exs.cx/img11/4954/calitraffic10mi.th.jpg (http://img11.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img11&image=calitraffic10mi.jpg) http://img11.exs.cx/img11/5311/calitraffic24tg.th.jpg (http://img11.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img11&image=calitraffic24tg.jpg) http://img11.exs.cx/img11/2877/calitraffic39xv.th.jpg (http://img11.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img11&image=calitraffic39xv.jpg)
Traffic, California style.... :(

A day in the life of....

A wingtip...
http://img202.exs.cx/img202/8605/wingtip18sm.th.jpg (http://img202.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img202&image=wingtip18sm.jpg) http://img202.exs.cx/img202/9674/wingtip25rt.th.jpg (http://img202.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img202&image=wingtip25rt.jpg) http://img202.exs.cx/img202/9209/wingtip36sh.th.jpg (http://img202.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img202&image=wingtip36sh.jpg) http://img202.exs.cx/img202/1316/wingtip49ot.th.jpg (http://img202.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img202&image=wingtip49ot.jpg)
http://img202.exs.cx/img202/2694/wingtip50yq.th.jpg (http://img202.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img202&image=wingtip50yq.jpg) http://img202.exs.cx/img202/852/wingtip60qk.th.jpg (http://img202.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img202&image=wingtip60qk.jpg) http://img202.exs.cx/img202/6463/wingtip74wf.th.jpg (http://img202.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img202&image=wingtip74wf.jpg) http://img202.exs.cx/img202/3196/wingtip80gt.th.jpg (http://img202.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img202&image=wingtip80gt.jpg)
http://img202.exs.cx/img202/1904/wingtip90dk.th.jpg (http://img202.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img202&image=wingtip90dk.jpg) http://img202.exs.cx/img202/8033/wingtip107rq.th.jpg (http://img202.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img202&image=wingtip107rq.jpg) http://img202.exs.cx/img202/7599/wingtip115dw.th.jpg (http://img202.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img202&image=wingtip115dw.jpg)

Houston from the air...
http://img8.exs.cx/img8/2847/houstondowntown6oo.th.jpg (http://img8.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img8&image=houstondowntown6oo.jpg) http://img8.exs.cx/img8/4048/houstongalleria0oz.th.jpg (http://img8.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img8&image=houstongalleria0oz.jpg)
Downtown-------------------Galleria

Clean Power in West Texas
http://img8.exs.cx/img8/9152/windpower18fe.th.jpg (http://img8.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img8&image=windpower18fe.jpg) http://img8.exs.cx/img8/1791/windpower23hh.th.jpg (http://img8.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img8&image=windpower23hh.jpg)

A small peak at West Texas Oil Fields
http://img8.exs.cx/img8/1095/oilfields14nr.th.jpg (http://img8.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img8&image=oilfields14nr.jpg) http://img8.exs.cx/img8/2839/oilfields29hp.th.jpg (http://img8.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img8&image=oilfields29hp.jpg) http://img8.exs.cx/img8/8805/oilfields35my.th.jpg (http://img8.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img8&image=oilfields35my.jpg)
http://img8.exs.cx/img8/3209/oilfields49rm.th.jpg (http://img8.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img8&image=oilfields49rm.jpg) http://img8.exs.cx/img8/2053/oilfields59yz.th.jpg (http://img8.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img8&image=oilfields59yz.jpg)

[SilviaEvo]

haha California traffic sucks ass. ive lived down there its pretty nice just too much traffic. i almost thought you were on a mountain then i saw the water. lol great pics man

[T-Bird]

ah yes the scenery from a plane so how is California treating you so far?

[dodo]

is there also a speed limit on those roads?
http://img11.exs.cx/img11/9966/vegas37qh.th.jpg

if so:
a) why?
b) haha!

[SilviaEvo]

is there also a speed limit on those roads?
http://img11.exs.cx/img11/9966/vegas37qh.th.jpg

if so:
a) why?
b) haha!
you should see the Wyoming/Montana roads. its like bare road for miles. but there are a shitload of crosses beside the road and its intimidating!

[stmoritzer]

thanks for the aerial views !

specially funny was the "A day in life of the winglet" :D

[TransAm]

I LOL'd at the day in the life comments too!

Thanks for posting these pics, RC.

A lot of the roads in west Texas are like this, hilly, sweeping bends, no other traffic for miles around. I drove from El Paso (on the TX/NM/Mexico border) to Carlsbad in New Mexico, maybe a two or three hour drive depending on your speed (150miles). this was during the day on a weekday. I saw scant traffic on my journey, and it was real fun ragging the Trans Am through the twisty mountain roads, big dual carriageways with 90-100mph bends...

Yes, there are speed limits (75mph) but if there is no-one around to see you then who is to know you broke them? We hit 135mph a few times, and were averaging a hundred most of the way...

[Wutputt]

Impressive scenery. A total different view than when I would look outside the window when flying home.

[sameerrao]

Nice!