Streaks on the window: Flickr photo of the day

A passionate photographer like Swapan Jha simply has to have a window seat. On a recent flight from Boston to San Francisco, he was blessed with a clean window and clear day. The plane’s route took him and his fellow passengers over the White Mountains of New Hampshire, the Green Mountains of Vermont, upstate New York and Niagara Falls. They flew over the icy Great Lakes, then angled southwest toward California.

Looking north, as the plane began its hour-long descent to San Francisco, Jha ­–camera in hand – saw the snow-capped House Range Mountains of west-central Utah. High above, in the inky-blue stratosphere, streaked two jets (probably military). To some, a window seat would be cheap at twice the price.

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