Wilkes-Barre/Wyoming Valley Aerial Tour (Scranton, Hanover: neighborhoods, airport, moving)

[vasiliymeshko]

I took these photos last year during the "Airport Day" organized by Wilkes-Barre/Wyoming Valley Airport. There are a LOT of images, so it might take me a while to post them all. I apologize beforehand for the less than optimal quality on many of them; all I had with me was a mediocre $200 equipment.

1 Wyoming boro, shortly after takeoff:


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3. Moving north along the Susquehanna towards Pittston:


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5. Downtown Pittston from above:


6. West Pittston (you can also kinda see Downtown Scranton at the top middle):


7. Over Exeter. The puddles of water are remnants of Lee flooding (these photos were taken a few weeks after)


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[vasiliymeshko]

10. Flying south over Wyoming once more:


11. West Wyoming:


12. Jenkins Township:


13. Wyoming Avenue (US-11):


14. Wilkes-Barre/Wyoming Valley Airport from above:


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16. The main apron area, with day's activities underway:


15. Plains Township residential neighborhoods:


16. North Cross Valley Expressway snaking its way across Wyoming Valley:


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[vasiliymeshko]

18. Central Wilkes-Barre:


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20. Kingston/Edwardswille residential areas:


21. Edwardsville Churches:


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23. Back over Downtown Wilkes-Barre:


24. Downtown close up (The muddy brown areas on the bottom of the levees are also from Lee flooding):


25. Kirby Park levee:


26. Downtown and surrounding areas:


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[vasiliymeshko]

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31. Hanover Township:


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33. ... and Plymouth, its neighbor across the Susquehanna:


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36. Nanticoke City, and the South Cross Valley Expressway:


37. Smoke from the Nuclear Power Plant in Salem Twp:


38. Plymouth, Kingston, and the entire West Side. We're heading North along the river once again:


39. Wyoming Valley Sanitation Authority:


40. Ashley borough:


41. Looking Northeast over Wilkes-Barre City:

[vasiliymeshko]

42. A whole bunch of views over downtown:


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[vasiliymeshko]

48. Two-in-one bonus. Downtown Wilkes-Barre and Downtown Scranton in the same frame!


49. Zoom of the actual photo size:


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51. Downtown views from the East side.


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[vasiliymeshko]

Hope you're liking the tour so far. To be continued...

[thecoalman]

Thanks, anymore of West Pittston?

37. Smoke from the Nuclear Power Plant in Salem Twp:

That's water vapor -OR- a man made cloud if you prefer. Those big round towers are cooling towers and you'll find them at a lot of different types of power plants. They recycle the water they have to use in the plant or discharge it back into the river, in either case they have to drop the temperature which is what the cooling tower does.

[Magritte25]

Love these shots! Thank you for sharing OP!

I love how different an area can look from overhead. I also enjoy seeing symmetry and lines that I wouldn't have otherwise seen from the ground.

[odessa3]

It's nice to see things from this perspective. Thanks for sharing!