A guest post, because I was driving along Rte 80 in Western Ohio two weeks ago, when my brother Steve & I both saw this bus passing us and decided it would make a nice entry here. Thanks for pulling out your phone and capturing the moment, Steve.
The most obvious island here is Alameda, with the city of Oaklnd mostly above and to the right of it in this photo. You also see Yerba Buena & Treasure islands, over which the SF Bay Bridge passes in traversing the bay from SF to Oakland; and above them at the top left you’ll find Angel Island, if you look closely.
The NYC skyline as seen from a about 20 miles NW across the Hudson River, the closest I got to the city itself during a bit of a memory-lane visit to the area last week.
San Bruno Mountain on the left, marking the southern border of SF City & County; the ridges in the middle right are Mt Tamalpais in Marin County just north; and of course the city of SF on the far right middle. From my flight out of SF to Pittsburgh a bit more than a week ago.
What you’re seeing here is a lot of Silicon Valley, and nearly all of the San Francisco Bay, the city of SF itself slightly visible in the hazy top left, Mt Diablo to the east, at the top right of the photo. This image – looking northeast as the plane banked – and the one below were taken in sequence. With apologies for the combination of window frame and airplane wing, I include as well the image below you since you can see the full width of the peninsula with SF at the top, Half Moon Bay (open Pacific) on the western side, and the bay to the east. The “silicon valley” of legend is pretty much the eastern side of the peninsula, along the bay down to the big city of San Jose which is south of the frame of either of these photos.
(so much world, so little time....) 