Below Ten Thousand Feet — Amanda Dahlgren Photography

Below Ten Thousand Feet

As someone with generalized anxiety and a fear of flying, the statistics regarding the relative safety of airplane travel are only marginally helpful to me. Instead of focusing on the fact that the odds of being killed in flight are one in 11 million, I tend to focus on the “Plus Three/Minus Eight” rule which describes the fact that takeoffs and landings, especially landings, are the most dangerous time of each flight. For me, just the knowledge that I am below ten thousand feet in an airplane is anxiety-producing. Sitting in a window seat, near the wing, helps to mitigate my anxiety and I also discovered a few years ago that putting my mind to work creating time-lapse photographs puts me in control of something and gives me something to concentrate on besides my irrational thoughts of crashing. Call it art therapy if you’d like or just enjoy the miracle of aviation engineering captured through modern photographic technology.

5/31/22 OGG to SAN Takeoff

5/26/22 SAN to OGG Landing

5/26/22 SAN to OGG Takeoff

4/4/22 SLC to SFO Landing

4/4/22 SLC to SFO Takeoff

4/4/22 JAC to SLC Landing

4/4/22 JAC to SLC Takeoff

3/31/22 SFO to JAC Landing

3/31/22 SFO to JAC Takeoff

2/19/22 SAN to OAK Landing

2/19/22 SAN to OAK Takeoff

12/30/21 OAK to SAN Takeoff

12/23/21 SAN to OAK Landing

12/23/21 SAN to OAK Takeoff

11/26/21 KOA to SAN Takeoff

11/20/21 SAN to KOA Landing

11/20/21 SAN to KOA Takeoff

9/26/21 LAS to SAN Landing

9/26/21 LAS to SAN Takeoff

9/24/21 SAN to LAS Landing

9/24/21 SAN to LAS Takeoff

8/1/21 PDX to SAN Takeoff

7/27/21 SAN to SMF Landing

7/27/21 SAN to SMF Takeoff

5/9/21 OAK to SAN Takeoff

5/6/21 SAN to OAK Landing

5/6/21 SAN to OAK Takeoff

11/28/20 HNL to SAN Landing

11/28/20 HNL to SAN Takeoff

11/28/20 KOA to HNL Landing

11/28/20 KOA to HNL Takeoff

11/22/20 HNL to KOA Landing

11/22/20 HNL to KOA Takeoff

11/22/20 SAN to HNL Landing

11/22/20 SAN to HNL Takeoff

12/27/19 OAK to SAN Landing

12/27/19 OAK to SAN Takeoff

12/22/19 SAN to OAK Landing

12/22/19 SAN to OAK Takeoff

12/1/19 OAK to SAN Landing

12/1/19 OAK to SAN Takeoff

11/27/19 SAN to OAK Landing

11/27/19 SAN to OAK Takeoff

11/3/19 SJC to SAN Landing

11/3/19 SJC to SAN Takeoff

11/1/19 SAN to SJC Takeoff

10/6/19 SMF to SAN Landing

10/6/19 SMF to SAN Takeoff

10/4/19 SAN to RNO Landing

10/4/19 SAN to RNO Takeoff

9/2/19 OAK to SAN Landing

9/2/19 OAK to SAN Takeoff

8/30/19 SAN to OAK Landing

8/30/19 SAN to OAK Takeoff

8/13/19 PHX to SAN Landing

8/13/19 PHX to SAN Takeoff

8/13/19 ABQ to PHX Landing

8/13/19 ABQ to PHX Takeoff

8/9/19 SAN to ABQ Landing

8/9/19 SAN to ABQ Takeoff

8/4/19 OAK to SAN Landing

8/4/19 OAK to SAN Takeoff

8/2/19 SAN to OAK Landing

8/2/19 SAN to OAK Takeoff

3/30/19 PVR to SAN Landing

3/30/19 PVR to SAN Takeoff

3/24/19 SAN to PVR Landing

3/24/19 SAN to PVR Takeoff

3/17/19 SLC to SAN Takeoff

3/10/19 DEN to SAN Landing

3/10/19 DEN to SAN Takeoff

3/10/19 CLE to DEN Landing

3/10/19 CLE to DEN Takeoff

3/6/19 DEN to CLE Takeoff

3/6/19 SAN to DEN Landing

3/6/19 SAN to DEN Takeoff

12/28/18 OAK to SAN Landing

12/28/18 OAK to SAN Takeoff

12/22/18 SAN to OAK Landing

12/22/18 SAN to OAK Takeoff

11/25/18 OAK to SAN Landing

11/25/18 OAK to SAN Takeoff

11/22/18 SAN to OAK Landing

11/22/18 SAN to OAK Takeoff

11/5/18 ABQ to SAN Landing

11/5/18 ABQ to SAN Takeoff

11/2/18 SAN to ABQ Landing

11/2/18 SAN to ABQ Takeoff

8/5/18 OAK to SAN Landing

8/5/18 OAK to SAN Takeoff

8/1/18 SAN to SJC Landing

8/1/18 SAN to SJC Takeoff

7/8/18 OAK to SAN Takeoff

7/8/18 BOI to OAK Landing

7/8/18 BOI to OAK Takeoff

7/5/18 SAN to BOI Landing

7/5/18 SAN to BOI Takeoff

6/17/18 OAK to SAN Landing

6/17/18 OAK to SAN Takeoff

6/15/18 SAN to SJC Landing

6/15/18 SAN to SJC Takeoff

6/3/18 OAK to SAN Landing

6/3/18 OAK to SAN Takeoff

6/1/18 SAN to OAK Landing

6/1/18 SAN to OAK Takeoff

3/29/18 PVR to LAX Landing

3/29/18 PVR to LAX Takeoff

3/24/18 SAN to PVR Landing

3/24/18 SAN to PVR Takeoff

3/4/18 PHL to DAL Landing

3/4/18 PHL to DAL Takeoff

2/28/18 SAN to DEN Landing

2/28/18 SAN to DEN Takeoff

12/28/17 OAK to SAN Landing

12/28/17 OAK to SAN Takeoff

12/22/17 SAN to OAK Landing

12/22/17 SAN to OAK Takeoff

11/2/17 SJC to RNO Landing

11/2/17 SAN to SJC Takeoff

8/6/17 OAK to SAN Takeoff

7/29/17 OAK to BWI Takeoff

3/12/17 MCO to SAN Landing

3/7/17 SAN to MCO Landing

6/1/16 DEN to SAN Landing

3/13/16 LAS to SAN Landing