Today is the one year anniversary of the bridge collapse in Minneapolis. The first picture is a picture of the bridge from overhead after takeoff. If you click on the picture you will see it larger. It is currently completely connected. They started rebuilding the bridge first from the foundation and then from each side to meet in the middle. It is getting closer to being finished although there are a lot of people still trying to get to that same place.
The second picture is of a famous Nuclear Power Plant. It is called Three Mile Island. It is famous not in a good way. In 1979 when the United States was turning to a very new power supply called nuclear power this plant had a string of malfunctions which ended in an overheat causing a partial meltdown of the core. It leaked radioactive particles into the air which could be very dangerous. It was shutdown and new safeguards have been put in place to prevent the same problems in subsequent plants. Those radioactive particles are know to cause radiation poisoning and cancer. They found there was not enough released to harm anyone. If you click on the picture to see it better you will see the 2 stacks on the right are not operating. That is were the meltdown occurred. They will not run again. The stack on the left still operates today. Google it for more info. We do not fly over it very often.
The last picture is again in Philadelphia. If you look past the gate E8 you will see a cargo ship. The airport is right on the water and it seems a little weird to see so many huge ships right next to the runway. You land over the ship yards and the air swirls around from the water making it tricky to land. Tomorrow off to Minny and New York. Be good.
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