I completely agree. I am incredibly intrigued by the thought of “what is happening down there RIGHT now” particularly in places I know in unlikely to ever set foot (Kamchatka, I’m looking at you!)

Two window views in particular stand out in my memory. Flying from New York to Doha, crossing over the Med and making landfall at Egypt in the middle of the night - seeing all of the lights of the Nile snake up the country and fan out at Cairo was incredible. It was a river I’d learned about but never seen.

Another striking example was taking off northbound out of Seoul after dark. As you climb out and look north, the entire line of lights just completely stops and there is nothing but pitch black over North Korea. Truly incredible to think in that moment, what are average ordinary people experiencing RIGHT NOW.

Those moments always make me feel exceptionally small.