DESKTOP 2248 - FLYING INTO THE SUNSET

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DESKTOP 2169 - AIRPLANE

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DESKTOP 1987 - AIRPLANE

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DESKTOP 1841 - FLIGHT

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DESKTOP 1783 - LET'S GO AWAY

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DESKTOP 1580 - FLYING

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DESKTOP 1573 - UP ON A PLANE

Flying home after a trip interstate, I enjoyed this play of sun and shadow on the farms to the North of Melbourne. The evening light with its golden tones is especially beautiful when seen from the height of a plane...

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DESKTOP 1550 - AIRPLANE

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DESKTOP 1529 - SUNSET FLIGHT

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DESKTOP 1480 - PLANE

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MY DESKTOP 1312 - IT'S A PLANE!

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DESKTOP 1215 - FLYING

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DESKTOP 1064 - PERTH

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth-most populous city in Australia, with an estimated population of 2.02 million (as of 30 June 2014) living in Greater Perth. Perth is part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia, with the majority of the metropolitan area of Perth located on the Swan Coastal Plain, a narrow strip between the Indian Ocean and the Darling Scarp, a low coastal escarpment.

The first areas settled were on the Swan River, with the city's central business district and port (Fremantle) both located on its shores. Perth is formally divided into a number of local government areas, which themselves consist of a large number of suburbs, extending from Two Rocks in the north to Rockingham in the south, and east inland to The Lakes. As part of Perth's role as the capital of Western Australia, the state's Parliament and Supreme Court are located within the city, as is Government House, the residence of the Governor of Western Australia.

Perth was originally founded by Captain James Stirling in 1829 as the administrative centre of the Swan River Colony. It gained city status (currently vested in the smaller City of Perth) in 1856, and was promoted to the status of a Lord Mayorality in 1929. The city is named after Perth, Scotland, by influence of Sir George Murray, then British Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. The city's population increased substantially as a result of the Western Australian gold rushes in the late 19th century, largely as a result of emigration from the eastern colonies of Australia.

Perth became known worldwide as the "City of Light" when city residents lit their house lights and streetlights as American astronaut John Glenn passed overhead while orbiting the earth on Friendship 7 in 1962. The city repeated the act as Glenn passed overhead on the Space Shuttle in 1998. Perth came 8th in the Economist Intelligence Unit's August 2015 list of the world's most liveable cities, and was classified by the Globalisation and World Cities Research Network in 2010 as a world city.

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DESKTOP 1042 - CONTRAIL

contrail |ˈkɒntreɪl| = vapour trail (Origin: 1940s: abbreviation of condensation trail):
noun
A trail of condensed water from an aircraft or rocket at high altitude, seen as a white streak against the sky (also called "aviaticus" cloud).

This brings to mind travel and holidays in distant warm countries as the temperature drops here in wintry Melbourne...

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DESKTOP 998 - AEROPLANE

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DESKTOP 844 - IT'S A PLANE

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DESKTOP 457 - FLYING TOWARDS SYDNEY

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DESKTOP 409 - PLANE

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DESKTOP 392 - SUNSET

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DESKTOP 232 - AEROPLANE

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