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What I saw, or what I thought I saw? I was on a flight into Taipei from either Seoul or Tokyo, don't remember which. I had started out flying from New Orleans, and was on my way to Manila. So needless to say I had been in the air for a long time, and was very tired. I normally can't sleep sitting on a plane, unless I am exhausted, which I was at this point. We were on initial approach to Taipei, and it was raining outside. The pilot turned on the landing lights. I woke up and looked out the window. I saw the landing lights reflecting off of the rain, and thought for sure it was the lights reflecting off of the ocean! I came very close to screaming thinking we were about to go into the ocean. Thankfully I did not, as that would have been very embarrassing.
3 months ago my wife and I flew into Fairbanks for 4 days with hopes of seeing the Northern Lights. It was the end of the viewing season and the chances of seeing them were not great, but we figured we'd take a chance and fly up there from Texas. At 1Am, about an hour before landing in Fairbanks, we saw them out of the right side of the aircraft. Almost every passenger on the left side of the plane was crowded over to the right side to see them. We were extremely lucky, we saw the Aurora 3 of the 4 nights we were there. Amazing sight to see.
Flying at night near a city in December during takeoff/approach can be spectacular with all the Christmas lights, that's what I saw on my way home from the Florida Keys. It feels very magical if you were in riding in Santa's Sleigh! There was even a little snow in spots from a recent storm when I was away. Otherwise, probably the Grand Canyon and the front range of the Rockies.
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