While browsing an online discussion forum some years back, I noticed a thread entitled “Surviving a Nuclear Attack” and just for kicks, I opened the thread to see how to do the impossible.  The first post didn’t say much but left a link to some survivalist website which actually had some hints on how to survive a nuclear attack.  Those “hints” are not important to the story but rather the first reply is.

In the first reply, the poster writes, “That’s ridiculous!  They taught us everything we need to know in 1951.” This poster  left a link which took me to a video, a copy of a 1950’s era civil defense training film.  Those of us who are old enough can remember being taught to “duck and cover” in case of a nuclear attack.

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It’s interesting how when you focus on some idea, more and more ideas seem to come to you.

On Friday 29 March I found this creature frolicking in the sky over Myanmar (formerly known as Burma).

Is it a baby elephant or some kind of Turtle?

Somewhere over the Asian Continent yesterday, I discovered these otters playing in the sky…

I’ve made it a sort of a hobby, taking pictures from the cockpit.  It started as a game trying to catch other aircraft in the air but gradually evolved into sunsets, cloud formations, and other interesting sky stuff.

Here’s one of my favorites so far:

People liked the photos so much that I started a website just for them.

It’s vikingskyscapes.com.  It’s currently under construction so you need a password to preview it.  If you’d like to take a look at some of the photos that have been uploaded so far, just use the password “viking” (without the quotes) when the site asks you.