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Fly, Baby, Fly!

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… up up in the sky!

I had no plans on taking part in any challenges next week. We have a very excited grandson here who is waiting avidly for his holiday with his dad and his grandparents beginning on Sunday. There will be a lot of firsts for him: first time going south, first time at the seaside, the Mediterranean in fact, first time in a non-German speaking country (except for a short weekend with a border hop to France), and the first time on a plane.

We will be leaving Frankfurt – flying over the only city in Germany who has something akin to a skyline.

Our plane will probably not be as colourful as those two:

Since we will be inside it doesn’t matter.

We will be up in the air, leaving only a jet stream behind.

Which may look like this if the virgin passenger can’t stop wriggling excitedly in his seat:

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: The Sky Is the Limit

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IFOs – identified flying objects

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star wars

When we used to live on the highveld in  South Africa bright blue skies without a cloud in sight where the order of the day during winter.  In reference to a Perry Rhodan story (a German scifi series, published in pulp fiction form) we used to call it “das blaue System” (the blue system – a defense shield around planets which manifested by bright blue skies without any colour gradient).  How can I not use the photo of this aircraft with the “Star Wars” logo blazoned across it to illustrate this idea?

77 blue b

77 blue c

77 blue d

Contrary to popular belief, we have blue system skies even in Germany.

For A Photo a Week with the theme blue.

More blue or blueish photos are linked here.