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This latest selection of Aerial Photos from late March 2013 is a whopper,
and because of this I have grouped them into (3) categories:
central New Jersey, City of Trenton and Seaside Heights, the latter two in NJ as well...
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First let's begin with a tour of central New Jersey with a slight detour into Pennsylvania.
And as always, I hope you enjoy the view from above:
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| #1 - Pipeline construction in Hunterdon county to carry natural gas from Fracking |
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| #2 - Picturesque property on the Sourland Mountain near Flemington |
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| #3 - School with Solar Panel-covered parking lots |
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| #4 - More solar panel-covered lots near Princeton |
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| #5 - This architecturally pleasing corporate layout is also near Princeton |
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| #6 - Re-vamped New Jersey Turnpike exit 8 (Route 33 and Hightstown) |
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| #7 - Nitro coaster @ Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson |
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| #8 - Opening weekend at Great Adventure with a sparse parking lot @ 1 PM |
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| #9 - Soon-to-be demolished Great Adventure Safari toll plaza; The Safari will now be part of your theme park admission, and accessible from within the park itself |
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| #10 - New water slide construction in Hurricane Harbor, adjacent to the theme park |
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| #12 - Lunch anyone ??? |
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| #13 - Three uniquely shaped buildings in Brick |
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| #14 - Housing developments afloat, or so it looks like they are, in Brick |
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| #15 - Intricate housing development canals leading to the Barnegat Bay, in Point Pleasant Beach near the Mantaloking bridge |
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| #16 - Mantaloking bridge (Route 528) intersecting with Ocean avenue |
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| #17 - During Hurricane Sandy, this is where the Ocean breached straight through to the Barnegat Bay |
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| #18 - Barren land in Bayville |
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| #19 - This same barren land makes for an interesting landscape |
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| #20 - Water logged farm fields near Lumberton |
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| #21 - Massive greenhouse conglomeration near Lumberton |
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| #22 - Flying 'W' airport in Lumberton |
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| #23 - An unusual island with its own lake, smack dab in the middle of the Delaware river just west of Burlington |
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| #24 - Town of Bristol, Pennsylvania |
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| #25 - Town of Bristol with the color Red prominent along the waterfront |
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| #26 - Pennsylvania Turnpike and the Bristol Bypass (looking west) |
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| #27 - The former 3M airport (note the two intersecting runways that are now roads), in Levittown, Pennsylvania (looking west) |
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| #28 - A massive storage lot for Campers and RVs near Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania |
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| #29 - Train yard in Morrisville, Pennsylvania |
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| #44 - The former Twin Pine airport with its grass runway morphed into sports fields |
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| #45 - Only the hangars remain at Twin Pine |
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| #46 - Intersection of Routes 12, 31 and 202 in Flemington |
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| #48 - The train was running today (upper-center of photo) |
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Next up are (10) photos of the city of Trenton, New Jersey and surrounding areas
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| #1 - Looking south |
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| #2 - Looking south |
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| #3 - Looking west |
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| #4 - Looking west |
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| #5 - Looking north |
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| #10 - New Jersey State House |
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And last but certainly not least is Seaside Heights with it's famous boardwalk and two amusement areas Casino and Funtown piers, which were decimated in only a few short hours thanks to Hurricane Sandy. Progress is being made in restoring this summer vacation destination but it will take time as you will see below:
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| #1 - Casino pier (near) /Funtown pier (far) |
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| #2 - Casino pier with coaster still completely intact, sitting in the ocean |
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| #3 - Casino pier and coaster afloat |
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| #4 - Casino pier and lack of boards along the famous boardwalk |
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| #5 - Lots happening in Seaside Heights despite the conditions |
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| #7 - Casino pier (top) |
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| #8 - Casino pier and soon-to-be-rebuilt boardwalk |
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| #9 - Funtown pier was completely destroyed |
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| #10 - Funtown pier |
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| #11 - Funtown pier (near) / Casino pier (far) |
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| #12 - Notice the new boards being added to the existing boardwalk pilings |
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| #13 - Mid-Way Steakhouse awaiting its boardwalk |
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| #14 - Pilings galore |
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| #16 - Overview of Seaside Heights beach and amusement piers (looking southwest) |
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| #17 - Completely decimated boardwalk just north of Casino pier |
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| #18 - Boardwalk (or lack there of) between Casino and Funtown piers |
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| #19 - Here's the coaster in tact just sitting on the ocean floor |
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| #20 - Most all of the rides have been removed from Casino pier |
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| #21 - Casino pier |
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| #22 - Overview of Casino pier and adjacent water park |
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Thanks for Flying along and see you after the Next Flight...
Happy Easter !!!
