The lake with no name, from 35,000 feet*****update, it is Nevada’s Walker Lake
When I fly to California from Texas, I always see this lake before we start our descent. It must be in the western part of Arizona or the eastern part of California, i have looked at both state’s maps and cannot find a lake shaped like this one. **** it is Nevada’s Walker Lake, many thanks to @netkonnexion!
@pusspup it’s actually desert, those are small mountains on the lower left, which I thought would help in the identification, but so far I can’t identify the lake!
Have you tried looking in the Exif data for your picture, it may give a GPS location. Also, it is highly probably that you are mistaken about the location. Aircraft fly along 'Great Circle tracks' which means they rarely fly direct from A2B as the crow flies. That being the case you may find the answer well North or South of your expecte search areas. Since it is more likely they will fly over US space than Mexican space your search area is more likely to be located North of where you think it may be. On that basis, and considering the landforms in the image, I think this may be Lake Walker in Nevada.
I love looking out the windows of a plane and trying to figure out where I am- most of the time I have no clue! But I do love the view. This is hauntingly beautiful. It almost looks like snow around an ice lake. And how neat that Damon was able to help you identify it!
@summerfield@radiogirl@jgpittenger@momamo@olivetreeann@grammyn thank you, ladies, for your wonderful comments. We all learned a new way to determine the location of our travel photos, even from the air, thanks to @netkonnexion! The funny thing is that on maps this lake appears longer than it is wide, not a circle, that’s why I passed over it. So yes, Vikki, this was too cool for school! 😊
@louannwarren - don't we just love it when we learn something new! aces on the shot.