In contemporary imagery, it is the view of an airplane passenger looking serenely downward from miles above the ground. In a word, it is a bird's view of the world, as distinguished from a frog's view.

A: My mum just broke her leg...

I doubt the sexy number you wore earlier tonight fell from the sky.

Thus, it is essential to study medicanes and calibrate the numerical weather prediction models in order to simulate them adequately.