I was flying from phoenix to northern calif on feb 16, 2018. i noticed on the ground two extremely bright lights. they were white and each cast an arc of light in front of it that was about 120-140 degrees. they were moving on the ground, seemingly randomly, like driving around. the movement seemed slow, but considering how high we were i think they must have been covering a lot of ground. i thought they might be construction or agricultural machinery, but i have never seen anything so bright. i took a few pictures with my phone. the pix show the edge of the plane wing, the lights on the ground, the lighted areas, and the edge of a cloud that is flat on top. when i looked at the pix i found a spot of white light in three of the five images above the flat line of the cloud. i didn't see this light when i took the shots. the picture files show times of 11:30-11:31 am, and i believe that is pst. we were cruising at that time, so as i exited i asked a crew member what our altitude had been and she said about 34,000'. sorry for the vagueness in location. i just don't know where we were in the flight. by the photo times i assume we had crossed into calif. i didn't feel anything but intense curiosity as to what produces a light that appears so bright from 6 miles in the air. i didn't see the light in the sky until i saw the pictures. one of the pix shows that one of the ground lights is actually three lights in a cluster.

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