In article 53_ib.777467$uu5.134981@sccrnsc04, Jay Honeck
wrote:

A few things I discovered:
1. Two miles up is actually TOO high for good photography with a standard
Canon Elph digital camera. The pictures I found to be best were taken
around 8,000 feet as we slowly spiraled down to land.

An Elph? Really?
I think it's time to consider cutting a hole in the belly and
installing a camera port.
Get yourself a good Hasselblad and you have a new business to pay for
the Grape fill-up.
Oh the places you'll go, the things you will see...