I shot this photograph as the plane was descending in Phoenix, Arizona. I was traveling to Arizona with my mother and sister to visit my Uncle and his family in Tempe. The landscape out the plane window was beautiful and surreal, highlighting all the unique tones of the mountain-scapes of the American Southwest. The body of water cutting through the mountains provides a way to more easily navigate this landscape visually. Because I shot this on color film, I had no idea how the exposure would come out taken through the thick plane windows. I was incredibly surprised and happy by the clarity of details and the variety of tones I was able to capture.