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Having flown through the wall of thunderstorms on UA1142 I got a view off to the South West. The aircraft was over Eisenhower, Florida.

Daily Photo – Fourteen Minutes to Fort Lauderdale

The vertical framing of this shot has changes the overall exposure with the layer of cloud above the aircraft more dark and ominous looking. The sun is setting on the far side of the cloud wall with rays of sunlight streaking through the gaps in the clouds lighting them up like they’re on fire while sheets of rain fall on the communities just inland of the coast.

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Having flown through the wall of thunderstorms on UA1142 I got a view off to the South West. The aircraft was over or just south of Eisenhower, Lehigh Acres, Florida. The southern end of Estero Bay and the Gulf Coast is just visible through the rain sheets.

Daily Photo – Fifteen Minutes to Fort Lauderdale

But looking back I got this fantastic view of the sunlight from the setting sun streaming through the gap in the clouds with sheets of rain from the storm falling just inland from the coast. I once again turned to my Canon S100 to capture the scene. From the features on the ground, the aircraft would have been over or just south of Eisenhower, Lehigh Acres, Florida. You can make out the Gulf coast and the southern end of Estero Bay between the two sheets of rain in the center of the photo.

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Approaching the west coast of Florida around Fort Myers on UA1142 we were greeted by a wall of thunder storms.

Daily Photo – Storm over Fort Myers

As we approached the west coast of Florida I saw a wall of cloud to the south-east, pretty much aligned with the coast, illuminated from the setting sun to the west. I shot several frames of the scene with my Canon S100.

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