Holiday in Transition # 3: Aerial Views

Just a quick one to share some pictures.  My flight from London to Rome was via Zurich on Swiss International.  Why?  Well, who could say no to an airline that passes around a basket of Swiss chocolate to the entire planeload of people on every flight?

We got lucky in three parts of the flight with the sun.  One was over the South Downs in England, between London and Southampton:

The second was over the Alps -- which was really lucky because it was cloudy and drizzling in Zurich.  First up was a clear view of puffs of cotton candy with rock centres, to quote Grant McConachie's classic description:

Then it got much clearer with these spectacular results:

Just above the centre of the second picture you can clearly see the Matterhorn sticking up, and beyond it the massive bulk of Mont Blanc looming on the horizon.

And finally, a good view of Elba (in the centre) and the mountains of Corsica (beyond) on the last leg of the flight.