From my experience flying long-distance - aside landing and take-off, the thunderstorms around the tropics if you're there at night, or when you fly over a new

From my experience flying long-distance - aside landing and take-off, the thunderstorms around the tropics if you're there at night, or when you fly over a new country, there's generally not much to look out at and see unless you're into clouds and the ocean - and even then, unless you have a window seat, you're not seeing much anyway. When I did want to have a gander, it was a good reason to stretch the legs and walk down to the tail of the plane to look out through the door window there.