View from a plane

has it ever crossed anyone's mind how beautiful the world looks a couple of thousand feet above the ground, on an airplane?
i was flying over bangkok yesterday, at about 5pm, when the sun was just being drawn down.
the plane was circling the city before it landed for an exchange flight back to hong kong, and although i've been on hundreds of flights, i've never seen such a picture perfect moment from that height.

the buildings were so tiny that i felt that i could pick up each and every one with the tip of my nails, gently, and re-align every millimeter of synthetic perfection. it hit me how big a country thailand was, and it was so fascinating to see all the still yet rapid movement from above.
all roads and highways were perfectly placed in between buildings, over rivers and one another.
i detached from the world for a good 2 minutes. before i was part of the synthetic perfection - apparently.
nothing seemed to matter from above; i couldn't see the aging, the abuse, the poverty & inhumanity; everything & everyone had its own place, where it belongs - protection.
but we all know.. that's yet again, a man's expertise - an illusion.

everything was so peaceful from up above; and i couldn't possibly imagine the power to blow a large scale of the land up with another one of man's creation - destruction.
the land was so wide from up there, and i immediately knew, the second i landed, the sky would be the larger picture, but not for the good 2 minutes.
it was so clear to see which part of the country had abandoned nature; which left nature for survival, and which parts allowed nature & concrete to bond - a synthetic mixture - something nature could not control.
let's all hope we don't underestimate the power of nature..
the crystal clear fact that we need it in order to survive.
let's all hope we realize it isn't a good idea to take it for granted
before it's too late.