A dream came true a couple days ago during my return from Europe to the American continent. I have seen Greenland from an airplane before but never actually flew across it during day light. When I saw on the screen in front of me that our route was north of Iceland, I knew there was a chance to see the world’s largest island. Luckily there were no clouds. The mighty glacier below is flowing slowly to the North Atlantic Ocean, somewhere in the haze at the horizon.
The photo was shot through through the blue tinted window of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. This aircraft has electronically dimmable windows to keep the UV light out, but even if set to maximum opacity, a blue color cast is still inevitable. I didn’t want to miss this gorgeous view and quickly used the camera in my phone and tried to remove some of the color cast in Adobe Lightroom Classic. Not perfect, but good enough for a memorable moment.