On airline flights I can typically put up with any seat assignment for 1 to 4 hours. However, when I found out that on our one hour flight from Istanbul to Denizli (Turkey) that my wife and I were assigned seats in the second row from the back of the plane (window/center), near the lavatory, I was less than happy.
But, as we settled in, I noticed that the sky was clear, the window was relatively clean, and that there was no wing to block my view of the ground! “Heh Mary, hand me my camera!” Now all I needed was for the pilot to take the “right” flight path out of Istanbul on our way to Denizli. Well, he/she did! And we flew just west, then north, and then east of the Bosporus—and I was on the “right” side of the plane to see/photograph everything! My dreams had come true!! Here are a few images that I took on that flight.
In the upper right of the image is the Sea of Marmara. The landmass in the lower portion of the image is European Istanbul. The land mass in the upper left is Asian Istanbul. The Bosphorous/Bosporus Strait separates these two continents.
The meandering “river” in the lower center of the image is the “Golden Horn” (river) that “flows” into the Bosporus. There are four bridges over the Bosporus—faintly visible.
In the upper portion of the image is the Sea of Marmara. The water on the left (east) side of the image is the Bosporus Strait. The “Golden Horn” (river) “flows” from right to left in the center of the image—entering the Bosporus. Note the three bridges that span the Golden Horn.
The landmass in the image is European Istanbul.
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Nice Dr. Carl! Hello to Mary.
Hi Dr. Rasmussen! Found your blog…how could I forget holylandphotos.org!? These pictures brought back good memories of our trip to Turkey in 2003! Thanks for taking a bunch of us crazy college kids for 1 month…a trip of a lifetime. I still talk about it today quite often!
Lauren (Hirsbrunner) Sok
Great to hear from you Lauren! Yes, a trip down “memory lane!” Actually, things only get crazier as time goes on. See the 3:00 min video of a trip that I “taught” in Israel in the summer of 2015. https://holylandphotos.wordpress.com/2017/03/02/the-lighter-side-the-trip-within-the-trip/
Fantastic photos, Carl! Loved the great aerial views!
Thank you for the beautiful pictures, Carl. I am so glad I went on this trip.
Richard Crooke