There are plenty of reasons to ask for a window seat. For starters you can lean on the window if you want to sleep, and you never have to get up for someone else! But it’s what’s outside of that window that is most compelling. The world is a wonderful place, one that looks entirely different from above. From sunrises and sunsets to landscapes, cityscapes and all kinds of cloud formations in between; there’s beauty out there as far as the eye can see.
Here are 27 reasons you should always ask for a window seat.
1. You might see Chicago’s skyline reflected in Lake Michigan
2. You could see a rainstorm like this off in the distance
3. Because a solar eclipse at 44,000 ft is pretty cool
Photograph by Ben Cooper | launchphotography.com
4. And seeing the highest point in Africa
will take your breath away
Photograph by KYLE MIJLOF
5. For the sunrises
Photograph by FLORIAN SEIFFERT
6. And the sunsets
Photograph by NEIL HOWARD | Prints available
7.And the waterfalls you’ll never see from the aisle
Kaieteur Falls, Guyana | Photograph by CODY H. on Flickr
8. You could witness a forest fire
Photograph by Richard Skoonberg | Richard on Flickr
9. And finally understand why everyone
thinks Norway is so beautiful
Photograph by MARIUSZ KLUZNIAK
10. You could ride an endless sea of clouds
Photograph by MARK STEVENS
11. Come up with creative ways to frame a shot
Photograph by TIM CAYNES | photopacity.com
12. And appreciate the expanse of a mountain range
The Pyrenees | Photograph by MARIUSZ KLUZNIAK
13. Maybe you’ll see your first frozen lake
Photograph by ALAN WOLF
14. Or a city enveloped in fog
Warsaw, Poland | Photograph by CHRIS on Flickr
15. Cities at night can be mesmerizing too
Los Angeles, USA | Photograph by Tom Anderson on Google+
16. And you can see history in an entirely different light
Prambanan Temple, Indonesia | Photograph by killerturnip on Flickr
17. You can laugh at clouds because they look like cotton balls
Photograph by FRANCISCO MARTINS
18. Or perhaps, see your first volcano
Mount Taranaki, NZ | Photograph by JON SULLIVAN
19. You can find a river through a sea of clouds
Photograph by JONATHAN NIGHTINGALE
20. And nothing beats the view of a city from above
New York City, USA | Photograph by LINH NGUYEN
21. The same can be said for mountains like Fuji
Photograph by mloge on Flickr
22. And Rainier
Photograph by MICHAEL MATTI | Travel Photo Adventures
23. Forget outside!
Even the windows themselves can be interesting
Photograph by PEDRO MOURA PINHEIRO
24. And there’s always time for another sunset
Photograph by Oblivious Dude on Flickr
25. Now that’s amore
Photograph by KIMG SENG on Flickr
26. It gives you a chance to say a final goodbye
to the place you just left
Photograph by TOM ANDERSON on Google+
27. And last but not least…
Beverage carts and passengers
won’t bump into you on their way by!
Photograph by RYAN DESIDERIO
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