Kieran Turner's photos with the keyword: airplane

This is a typical view from my window of an evening. The vapour trail included — we can see the flight paths for at least two major airports from here, so there are constant reminders that (a) it's easy to get to amazing places in a hurry and (b) the planet is in big trouble.

Since I've been flying so much lately (for which, as you may have read elsewhere, I'm looking forward to planting several trees), it seems appropriate that I see lots of aeroplanes from my window. I love the sky in a similar way to the way in which I love the sea. I suppose they're the overwhelmingly big expressions of the basic elements of air and water. I must try to take some pics which express the same elements in their more microscopic forms — a droplet here, a breath there.

I think the guy behind Tom is about to call for assistance.

From a Boeing 747-400 between Los Angeles and London, in the middle of the night. And to make up for the flight, and the others involved in this journey between the UK and North America, I really will be planting several trees — actually planting them, not just paying somebody to offset my carbon guilt. I'm quite excited about it: I've never planted a tree before.

# There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in. Thanks Leonard :) This is actually from my first ever trans-Atlantic flight. I spent the trip chatting to my neighbour, a fascinating guy who despite being a vegetarian Hindu, actually worked for the government, involved in designing weapons...