When I write a scene where a winged spacecraft glides down through the atmosphere to a controlled landing, views like this from an airplane can be great sources of inspiration for how this might feel.
I was treated to this particular view on a flight home from Tokyo a few weeks ago. The mountain in the foreground is Mt Fuji, but even without this majestic feature, the sunlit banks of clouds extending to the distant horizon felt magical; very different from the view we’re so used to seeing from the ground.
Regarding book 2 of the Planet Moss Saga, I am now 80% of the way through revising its 29 chapters.