Date/Time/Location: 2:05 pm / February 17th / on an airplane

Objective Description: I was sitting in the window seat of a plane and could see solid white and yellow tones in the sky above a bed of clouds.

Subjective Description: Usually, I feel like airplanes “ride the clouds” because they are typically quite close to the bottom of the airplane. However, on this flight the clouds were quite far out of reach from the plane. This occurrence allowed more sunlight to permeate the airplane walkways through the windows. Moreover, I felt as though the sky was far whiter than usual… but not a harsh white, more of an eggshell color.

This newfound shade of sunlight as well as the distance from the clouds made me feel as though we were floating too far out of the atmosphere. While it was a fun and peculiar new experience, I was also a little nervous because I have never before seen the sky in that way.