An unbelievable sight: July 23, 4 am flight from Recife to Rio

Early morning flights are never fun, especially if you're not an early morning person.  Our flight left from Recife to Rio at 4 am and those of you who have flown that early and with a young one know how painful this can be.  Diego was such a good sport and really helped out, mostly by staying awake and walking on his own (and we joked how we longed for the days of a stroller when he could just sleep the time away as we dealt with yucky things like lines and boarding passes and security checks).

But sometimes waking up that early brings unexpected, wondrous surprises.  That happened to us. As we flew above the clouds with the shades drawn, Diego, for some reason was compelled to pull up the shade to look outside.  We expected total darkness and here is what we saw.  We can say no more.  The photos say it all.