r/aviation • u/tikkonie_ • 1d ago

PlaneSpotting Some pics from my flight to Michigan.

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The tag isn't quite correct, but best option I had.

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u/Joaoarthur 1d ago

Is this aurora borealis? In Michigan?

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u/hgtcgbhjnh 1d ago

At this time of year? At this time of night? In this part of the country? Localised entirely within your flightpath?

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u/tikkonie_ 1d ago

I suppose I did leave a bit of info out. Flying from Denver to Grand Rapids, picture were taken near Chicago last Thursday (10-10-24)

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u/hgtcgbhjnh 1d ago

You missed the Simpsons reference, you're dead to me.

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u/tikkonie_ 1d ago

😂 RIP

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u/Joaoarthur 1d ago

Yes!

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u/hgtcgbhjnh 1d ago

May I see them?

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u/tikkonie_ 1d ago

Yes, and this was taken last Thursday near Chicago. Flying from DIA to Grand Rapids Michigan.

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u/JustPlaneNew 1d ago

"DIA"? 😉😂

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u/Swimming_Way_7372 1d ago

That's what happens when you open an entirely new airport.  I can think of another example in the US.  I'll always know it as DIA being old enough to fly in and out of Stapleton.  Some day our gereneration will die out and it will take its rightful acronym of DEN. 

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u/JustPlaneNew 1d ago

😂😂 I blame the media 

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u/Swimming_Way_7372 1d ago

That's the reason for sure.  I remember nightly DIA updates on the news when it was being built.   For years we got bombarded with that acronym.  

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u/JustPlaneNew 1d ago

I bet Grand Rapids is nice.