Above cities, planes taxi to land or ascend after takeoff, their speeds far slower than when they are at cruising altitude. Otherwise, their apparent speed would be at least three to five times as shown.
For cars, assuming their average speed is 55 mph, their apparent speed here is around 4,950 mph or 90 times normal.
The new term ‘sondering’ refers to wondering about the lives of strangers when you see them from afar. Each light point moving on the ground is at least one, and up to a couple of hundred people in each of the airborne lights, almost all of which are passenger flights.
Each point is a different experience and vantage of the world that one can only ponder. But wonder for fifteen minutes and perhaps feel perspective greater than before.
