Armchair in the Sky

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Category:Transportation

Subcategory:Airplanes

Subcategory Detail:Commercial

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Landing (BUR to SJC) 2014

The colorful ponds outside San Jose International Airport are remnants of the salt extraction industry in San Francisco Bay. The orange band of water indicates the presence of halophiles, microorganisms that grow in highly saline conditions (Sky, Whitecaps, Earth, Halobacteria - Salton Sea, California is another example of this phenomenon). To me, the image has the feel of a traditional landscape painting, recalling The Oxbow by Thomas Cole (1836).

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