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Cities & Towns > Weather > Chopper Pilot's Twitter Photos
 

Chopper Pilot's Twitter Photos

The local TV channel's helicopter pilot has a Twitter feed I just found, and he posts spectacular photos of the city from overhead. Lately there have been views of the rivers covered in ice, looking almost completely occluded. Then there was flooding, and the entire Pittsburgh point (where the 3 rivers come together downtown) was underwater.

One of my favorites of his shots is this above-the-clouds one, with a few downtown buildings peeking above the clouds. There is a famous photo of the twin Towers that is similar, some girl took the photo from an airplane. This one is just a crop out of the middle of a larger photo. The building toward the right end, that seems to have 2 horns, is the PPG, or Pittsburgh Plate Glass Building, which resembles a glass castle.
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posted on Jan 15, 2018 7:26 AM ()

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Beautiful pictures.
comment by elderjane on Jan 16, 2018 5:16 AM ()
He took some great city pics, indeed. I made a pact with my friend Mike to go out at least once every 2 weeks to take photos. But a helicopter would certainly be useful for that.
reply by drmaus on Jan 17, 2018 11:39 AM ()
The Internet has brought us some fantastic photography!
comment by greatmartin on Jan 15, 2018 11:25 AM ()
Lovely! I thoroughly enjoy finding online sources of information like this for my local area, and having a place to share some of it is why I admin three Facebook groups. I thought of you while watching the Steelers game - 17 degrees at game start, I think they said.
comment by troutbend on Jan 15, 2018 10:11 AM ()
I understand you're having strangely balmy weather, how odd. But then there's Russia and the people with their frozen eyelashes, so I can't complain. Oh, when you start teaching a class on how to get things done, let me know.
reply by drmaus on Jan 17, 2018 11:33 AM ()

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