Early morning wave to the east of Aboyne
...from two flights to 8,400' and 19,800' at Aboyne, Scotland, April 1999
Early morning wave to the east of Aboyne
Deeside
Heather burning scars
Lots of bright reflections and not much else!
Cirrus showing some high-level wave?
The town of Ballater from about 8,000 feet
Wave leading edge bulging up in front of the glider
Another glider just below, into the sun
A classic medium-level lenticular cloud
Lenticular stacks in the far north-east
Two gliders, one almost invisible (ringed)
Classic wave undulations and slots
More morning wave before the next flight
Vega cockpit - going up nicely
A nice long slot
Too bright, into the sun
Nearly 18,000 feet, slots clearly evident in the wave
Snow-capped mountains beneath the wave
A huge wave bar covering Lochnagar, from 19,500 feet
The valley of the Dee seen through this large slot
There's nowhere safe to land on top of this mountain!
Meeting someone (top right), on the way down
Planning to go down through the slot on the left
12,200' on the way down, with cold feet, at 100 knots
Just about to dive through the slot on the left, and the film ran out
Photography by Andy Sanderson