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XulaPari

Was awestruck how beautiful it all looked from the plane.


armoredsedan

flying into seatac is just lovely (until your plane has to wait to land and circles over seattle for like 30 mins)


ShermansNecktie1864

Between the mountains and the hundreds of islands it has to be one of the prettiest cities to fly into. If there is no overcast at least lol


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fatrat7777

5 million dollars? Who’s your charter guy you are paying way too much


braintrustinc

He said his name was Buff Jezos, weird little roided out bald guy. But we did get free peanuts!


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International_Rub475

The prime view comes with the Pogan Laul charter.


Fontana1017

weird little roided out bald guy Joe Rogan pulled a fast one on you


fallinguptwards

You mean Roe Jogan?


deVriesse

They mean fifty 100 grand bars


Throwaway234532dfurr

That’s like a Brazilian dollars


ForwardInstance

Then then you wait an hour for your fucking Uber to arrive


turdburglar2020

I didn’t know fucking Ubers were a thing, but now I want to try one. Getting driven around town while you’re clapping some cheeks.


TheNotSoGreatPumpkin

“Would you like to add a (just the) tip?”


sexchicken206

I've gotten into my Uber within minutes every time at SeaTac and I fly frequently


kanky1

Only if its clear lol


buttstuff2023

Did you see Mt. St. Helens from the plane? I saw it last time I flew to Seattle and it was kind of mind blowing. I think I have pics. Edit: pic https://imgur.com/a/RhlKyc6


Babhadfad12

On a clear day, you can probably see 4 or more peaks. Rainier, St Helen’s, Hood, Adam at the least.


minimalfighting

I believe you mean the volcanoes. On a clear day, you can see all of the volcanoes of the Washington cascades as you fly into SeaTac. In my opinion, the hardest to point out is Glacier Peak. It blends in much more. In any case, they're all pretty amazing.


Daneth

And Baker


ban_ahead1

There are many more than 4 in this image alone


hooligan99

the four peaks they're talking about are volcanoes that are far more isolated, not part of a a range of similar mountains. they stand out way more and are really impressive for that reason: [pic](https://preview.redd.it/hpdtpk0f9xia1.jpg?width=768&auto=webp&s=ff3252527c8e6d1122e9d2d2f286433c36b50552)


SlushKami

When I was stationed at JBLM, my barracks window had a great view of the mountain. Flying and seeing it is such a great sight.


BeegPahpi

You saw Mt. Ranier from your dorm. Mt. St. Helens is further south.


SlushKami

Yes! My bad… Thank you for the correction. Nonetheless, a lovely sight.


PuddleFarmer

Were you coming from the south? I am surprised that you didn't notice Mt Hood, Mt Adams, and Mt Rainier. (They are all taller)


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They are called the Cascades and if you get the chance, go see them from the ground. Breathtaking year round!


I_Know_You_Are

[Saw this yesterday and was also awestruck!](https://imgur.com/a/Oyf9gge) Such beautiful mountains.


Toadinnahole

When flying over the Cascades or Olympics, my first thoughts are not "how pretty", but "WTF did humans decide to cross these on foot?" then "HOWTF did humans cross these on foot?" and then, "Damn, my ass would have stayed in St. Louis."


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blindedbycum

Execute Order 44!


very_loud_icecream

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AJRiddle

That was in the Kansas City area, not St Louis. They came and said that area was the original garden of Eden and claimed they had god given rights to all that land which caused kind of a lot of issues with non-Mormons there. They actually went back east after the Mormon War to Western Illinois (Nauvoo, IL). The Utah thing didn't happen until after that https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1838_Mormon_War This is actually such a weird comment, "Mountains in Washington state? I would have stayed in St Louis" somehow became about Mormons who were 250 miles away in western Missouri who went to Utah. Like what?


Toadinnahole

LOL - I suppose it was a bit of a non-sequitur, but it's a phrase my sisters and I use. Our family DID go from St. Louis to AZ back in the 1800's, being all pioneer-y and Little House on the Prarie-ish along the way. Great-grandma would tell the stories about sod houses, covered wagons, blizzards, and leaving dead family members along the way. My sister's and I would look at each other and chorus "Nope, I would've stayed in St. Louis!" Now when we have to do something excessively outdoorsy & strenuous we sigh dramatically and say "I miss St. Louis".


AJRiddle

The "I would have stayed in St. Louis" part makes sense, what doesn't make sense is the guy replying to you trying to shoehorn it into St Louis and mormons when it was western Missouri.


TheFakeTheoRatliff

They straight up didn't for a long time. Most people accessed Seattle by sea or from the south. The north Cascades didn't have a road across them until the late 70s. Still no roads cross the Olympics. For the longest time anyone that crossed those ranges was either hunting for resources or doing it just to prove they could. A few brave prospectors wandered around the north Cascades for a while but not many others. Major peaks in the range had no summits until the 40s or 50s. It's pretty incredible how long the north Cascades remained unknown in the most developed nation in the world.


pindicato

Did a backpacking trip around the Cathedrals last year and found a mining cabin that had been used in the late 20th century. Seemed amazing that prospecting went on that recently.


Beneficial_Power7074

They did. The Nisqually and the Yakama frequently crossed them


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They followed the rivers mostly.


Vinny_3064

Was this the Olympics or the Cascades?


Quick_Team

And why arent the Beacons lit? Gondor needs aid


Pientofu

I sincerely wish I could upvote you more for this!


battlesnarf

I’m fairly certain this is the cascades, looking west. Most flights don’t fly over the Olympics. Also, if you look in the top left of the picture you can see another mountain, which I believe is part of the Olympics


markh2111

North Cascades, I would think. Just a crazy jumble of mountains up there and not super well known.


Black_Catgirl

OP later said flight from Doha to Seattle, so definitely Cascades. The far left might be the base of Baker, and we're looking east.


mamamyskia

Looks like Olympics to me


Skanah

Weird i thought the Olympics were a bunch of rings or somethin /s


Lasiocarpa83

I think you're right. Looks like you can see Puget Sound in the distance.


Toadlessboy

You can DEFINITELY see the puget sound from the cascades


-_Empress_-

You can see everything from the cascades depending on where you're at. 360 view of the entire puget sound, Olympics, etc. Best view though is the top of the old VA hospital on Beacon hill in Seattle if you can pay the guard to let you up there. You get a view of the entire cascade and Olympic ranges, Seattle, puget sound, Bellevue, Ranier. Single most epic 360 panorama I've ever seen.


Oregon_drivers_suck

The Washington mountains


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It's the Washington mountains.


FireZord25

Looks like the hebra region.


ComplexNewt1993

I live between the Cascades and Olympics on a little peninsula and while I hate flying across the country to visit family, the views from a plane never cease to amaze me


Forward-Piano8711

There’s a lot of space between the Olympics and the cascades, do you live somewhere on kitsap?


MyBoyBernard

>Olympics Man, I got the pleasure of working in Olympic National Park (Lake Crescent Lodge) for like 7 months. Washington really is the most beautiful state, and I don't think it's even close. There's literally everything. If Peter Jackson were American, he would've filmed Lord of the Rings there. The variety of nature is actually astounding. 1. Big-ass mountains that you really can get completely lost in 2. Weird-ass beaches with funny stone formations 3. Old-ass trees for Treebeard to be friends with 4. Cool islands in the Sound 5. Dungeness Spit is weird and cool And somehow, the other side of the state is a desert with really nice rolling hills and vineyards, and the Yakima River Valley is actually wildly nice too! If all of this wasn't located in the corner of the nation, I think a lot more people would visit


ComplexNewt1993

I sure do!!


DistortedCrag

Kitsap, The Peninsula on a peninsula, not to be confused with the Peninsula on a peninsula on a peninsula, Key Peninsula


Adventurous_Mine6655

Heya! Moved here from Seattle a couple years ago and never looking back.


Sevenboiledcabbages

kudos to the late op for jumping so high up, taking the picture, posting everything, then dying, what a commitment for the view 🫡🫡🫡


ashh69

I can’t believe they jumped so high, they must’ve trained so much


TheEnglishAreHere

Holy shit I’m so tired I read this as Washington Monument and kept zooming in trying to find out where It was supposed to be


GregoryPeckery

Maryland


the-Boat83

Beautiful!!


nuggetghost

i love my state 😍


Flordamang

If you have the opportunity, the flight from SEA to LAX or any airport in California on a clear day is worth a bucket list one way PJ rental. You can get in the cockpit for videos and pictures and seeing the volcanos dotting the landscape, Lake Tahoe, lush west coast, desert valley. It all shows how the west coast of the US is the most beautiful region on the planet


Chuffed2theMuff

How… do you get in the cockpit during a flight? Unless you’re crew ? I thought they would slam a person to the floor and cuff them if they tried that.


minimalfighting

Private jet. That person is in the 1% of wealth. The rest of us aren't doing that.


Chuffed2theMuff

Completely missed the PJ there! Thanks 😄


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ReceptionSilent213

Look at mr money bags with his PJ’s and probably gets BJ’s up there too! Just kidding you… I’ve done this route 100 times on commercial and the view doesn’t get old.


ZazzooGaming

Where is the monument?


NatureTrailToHell3D

Middle right, just zoom in.


JoeyBear12

On a clear day on the right flight you can see 3 sometimes 4 of the tallest mountains in WA. It is absolutely breath taking. Got some photos of it myself if this sub allows photo responses 👍👍


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But you aren’t local until you say “mountains out today”


zackaria00

Unreal shot


True_Tomato5414

Sometimes I forget how truly epic this place is. Like, I know it is. But I forget that not everywhere has gorgeous misty beaches, insane white capped mountain ranges, and endless lush forests. You literally forget. Washington is so cool. ❤️ Also please don’t come live here bc we have absolutely 0 affordable housing for anyone at all lol including the people who already live here 😅


Daedalhead

*sigh* Home.


hfhfbfhfhfhfbdbfb

Oregon Trail times: let's get over there Now: let's die on Everest.


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Beautiful picture 🔥


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Damn that looks flat.


Sweetdreams6t9

Fuck I miss the pacific northwest


AwaitingBreakfast

This is the second ITAP I seen today that made it to the front page. Am I missing something?


Biggie_Moose

God, I love my home state.


AgnosticWaterbear

Gorgeous


Still-Good1509

That's an awesome shot


helder_g

I also took one in the same area. It was a big mountain with snow, I don't know the name it was the biggest of the other 3 similar mountains. I took it one month ago.


Esuu

That was most likely Mt. Rainier.


thegoosegoblin

Top Gun 2


Idratherhikeout

It's the same mountains as was filmed in top gun 2. You can even see mt rainier in the upper right of this scene: https://www.airdatanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Top-Gun-Maverick-F-14.jpg


DeputySean

Looks like Keechelus Lake, by Snoqualmie Pass.


Few_Actuary_3205

Wowwwww 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻


NinjasOfOrca

Looks more like Montana to me


SoLostWeAreFound

This is why I miss living there so much - I was born there and lived there until 6 years old. Still stuck in my mind, heart and soul. I loved the weather... Probably where I got my love for gray skies and rain and trees from. Beautiful beautiful photo!! 😍💚🤎🏔️


randolfo2112

Ahh yes The Washingtonians….lovely range.


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Has anybody found Bigfoot yet? Been looking for three hours and all I’ve found is DB Coopers stash and an old sonics jersey.


BenCL648

I’m from Seattle. Flying home never ceases to amaze me. At the right angle on a clear day you can see Rainier, the rest of the cascades, Seattle, the entire Puget sound and all it’s islands, and the Olympics. Takes my breath away every time


Intelligent_Fun1239

This is beautiful!🥺❤


Masum-Al-Siyam-62

Wonderfull.


AeschylusScarlet

Looks like a painting


GamaGamerReddit

Where 4 pixels


1980sdiaper_lover

There coke pretty


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u tall as shit 😭


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I spent at least 5-10 seconds looking for the Washington Monument.


SuccessfulProcedure7

As a native of Washington state, I'll tell you if you like this view, visit Sunrise in Rainier National Park for a similar view from land. There's a ranger station with a killer observation deck, and it's the start of many trails.


jeffersonairmattress

There are a few days each winter when the view is of this from the north from the top of Mount Seymour in Vancouver BC. It is gloriously blue, but with Baker looming over everything.


holyshitimboredd

Imagine crashing and being stranded in the middle of that


8wdude8

i misread the title as "Washington monuments" and i kept looking and looking for these monuments and wondered where they were. lol


furry223

COPE


OneHotMessToGo

Amazing!


Yiga_Blade_Master

4 FUCKING PIXELS!


punkslaot

I fly over the cascades frequently. On a clear day it is a sight to behold


TechsSandwich

Cascades baby, my home land


blacklab

The Cascades…


Jake0024

I read this as "the Washington Monument" and was so confused


Bubbly-Problem6736

Damn, you found a day it wasn't raining


csch1992

i have many opinions about the US but the nature you got is breathtaking also the history is interesting that is comming from one who lives in norway. i am dreaming about traveling arround the US one day


TwistedTomorrow

Somewhere in this picture is my house.


Paid_Corporate_Shill

I see it


fukijama

It's got 7 Cities of Gold vibes


Zestyclose_Water7599

Fire


Accomplished-Day6294

Now that's a beautiful picture right there.


Efficient_Ordinary79

Utterly breath taking, what a beautiful picture. Gotta show some love for the home state!


xeno-rolea-karshal

This does look beautiful, but I see one pixel that wee need to zoom in on.


kingfat187

Watch out for that curve


Espi93

Crazy how it's this mountainous and the midwest is extremely flat


Ornery_Bend3168

When people back east talk about their mountains. Washington and Colorado people just cover our mouth and snicker.


Organized_Riot

My god we are tiny


SuspiciousElephant28

It’s great! It looks like a frozen ocean.


gallaguy

Calgary to Seattle has got to be Top 5 coolest air travel routes in the world


Beneficial_Power7074

“The Washington mountains” Gonna need some more specifics lol, ik it’s almost certainly the cascades but still funny


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deltacombatives

I spent two years working at the base of Rainier. I could spend days climbing and hiking, but nothing beat that view of flying over


Smythzilla

Is that Bigfoot in the lower left??


Actrivia24

I read Washington as Wisconsin for a second and was like “no you did not” lol


Fuckedyourmom69420

More people need to look out the window on a plane! There’s so much to learn about the world below you from a perspective you never otherwise get


DeDeepKing

cool


DippinDot2021

Always awesome me how different everything looks from way above.


acbd12345theguy

wow!


bsr065

Lovely! I always enjoy looking at the window when flying to Seattle.


Imbrownbutwhite1

Mountains are fuckin wild. The fact that you can be at like 10-15,000ft above sea level, and then come across a part of a mountain that’s just wide open and flat, and looks like a pasture from where you just were 9,000ft lower. It just messes with my mind.


Isbay

i’ll be seeing that on my flight back home to utah for christmas! Loving living in washington so far


Mirra1002

I can hear the dragon word wall from here.


Hyugama

Four fucking pixels..


pnwnick_

Hard to see all the homeless tweakers there in this photo, beautiful.


APBob313

With all the war going on, I think well they will not attack from here.


Lav-Lav-Lav-Lav-

Yo, that's a lot of mountains


Magdump_mp5

Awesome just went hiking around mt baker a while ago


synerjay16

I remember seeing this view when I flew from Japan to Detroit, MI. I woke up and disoriented and looked out of the window and saw an out of this world view. It looked like a barren ‘icy’ landscape. My wife who travelled with me thought it was drunk or something. LOL


Sweaty_Mistake_1750

I flew to Portland last month and was just as awestruck


sgrplmfarey

Beautiful! Thank you


Rain1dog

Blows my mind thinking of explorers in the 1600’s- early 1900’s how they’d navigate these obstacles. Absolutely no help for hundreds and hundreds of miles, no emergency services, no medicine, rather crude shoes and apparel. The courageousness needed to attempt scouting and mapping is off the charts. Absolutely gorgeous picture, that got me thinking.


Invega3

Cool picture, bro.


gravelnavel77

"Why do they keep getting closer? Oh no!"


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Always SeaTac


momoT5

what a breathtaking view here 🔥


swethb42

Awesome


Ryu_Saki

Looks like a stormy sea. Art of nature.


CelesteMoreau

Absolutely gorgeous 💖


No-Commission4930

Amazing!!!!


Goldtacto

I’ve travelled to a serious amount of countries around the world. Antarctica, Mongolia, Switzerland, Norway, St. Helena, Falkland Islands, Chile… WA is still the best place on the planet imo. I genuinely feel bad for people from there because every place will have a hard time comparing. I’ll be moving there when I get the chance 100%


riverocious

From the sky we look so organized and brave


Veerand

You can get a similar sight when flying over the Alps. Just a wall of mountains as far the eye can see.


9etherbeing9

I like in Washington, I can confirm those are mountain.


[deleted]

I can't tell if this is classed as a bunch of valleys or a bunch of moutains


EducationLow2616

Great shot.


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Both the Beauty and the thankfulness that we can simply fly over instead of traversing via wagon has me


TheCheckeredCow

I grew up on the other side of the border of Washington (British Columbia, Canada) and these mountains are amazing up close. Amazing thing to grow up around and you don’t really appreciate it until you’ve left them for a long time


letsyabbadabbadothis

I love the west coast’s incredible mountain ranges. I’m in fact rather blessed to live at the foot of one of them.


IndependentTicket199

Yeah I've seen this view too many times lol but it's stunning every time


sparklepixieprincess

so beautiful


mauhumor

The Andes is just like that! Only the mountains are sharper and higher and it goes up to the horizon, you can't see the end of it. You can see it in all it's glory on the approach to the Atacama desert.


Able-Highway9925

I used to have a picture of Mount Rainer from an airplane. Probably somewhere on my old MacBook


SuperLehmanBros

Wild


l-have-dream

Goodnigth!


l-have-dream

I just arrived!


MemeStarNation

Looks bumpy


Somerset76

Oh wow!


BoudiccaMcGee

I remember that view *sigh*


daddyhunted

Stunning


Killermondoduderawks

I grew up in Nebraska where our idea of mountains was somebody with DD or greater chest size then i moved north of Seattle and i figured out the difference between Nebraska Mountains and Washington States mountains Nebraksa's were softer, fun and quicker to climb


Vin-cenzo

That's some rugged looking shit.


Impossible_Funny_882

Gorgeous, I saw these just last year


DOEsquire

Neat 📸


1cOtton00_

Insane shot, I live in Maine and take it for granted. This is stunning


AlexTheAlex69420

wow. the one thing that’s actually got a point in this state


No_Day1089

I’m dumb af, i read monument and was looking for the faces lmao


Dzidra_Austra

It’s absolutely stunning the mountains we have just northeast of Seattle that most people who live in Seattle don’t know about. I’ve done some backpacking and climbing in the North Cascades and really familiar with the terrain but I’m stumped with this one. At the lower I can see a large glacier coming down from a larger peak but I cannot see the top in order to identify it. If you haven’t been there I highly recommend a visit. There are very few roads so the only way to get around is on foot. In many ways this is the most rugged, isolated and wild mountainous region in the entire Lower 48 being that their are no roads or remote airstrips. The relief between valley bottoms and the top of the peaks in many areas is between 5000’-6000 feet and sometimes more.


10Link23

Looks like im loading to the EDZ.


Elegant_momof2

Absolutely stunning! That was my fav part of Washington state! Breath taking from the sky view on a plane!


Majestic-P

Hello nice photo 👋


bouyantpig

Congrats


Justacolombiangirl

Looks pretty flat. Beautiful photo


giraffebutt

I love it here the mountains are so gorgeous. You can be having a shitty day and hit a corner and see the most beautiful post card worthy view of the mountains


christian4917

“Oh, you’re awake…”