Ovaj pilot (34) vozi Boing 747-8 i 400 Freighter, a iza njega je 8.000 sati leta.

Kristijan kamerom beleži prekrasne prizore u kojima uživa iz pilotske kabin, i objavljuje ih na Instagramu, a zatim o njima piše na svom blogu.

"Usamljenost na letu i mogućnost da vidim stvari koje samo mali broj ljudi može da doživi, najveća su mi motivacija u želji da ovekovečim  prizore koji prolaze pored mog prozora", napisao je pilot.

 

 

With the year 2017 almost over, we're about to slip over the horizon into a new year. A new year with unlimited possibilities, new ventures and possibly major changes coming on our path. Either by choice or chance. This image was taken last week over a cloud covered Myanmar. The delicate curve of the earth, bright burning colours from the awakening new day and a bright band of Zodiacal light that seems to be shooting up from across the horizon. In reality, this very faint band of light is coming from space; its the reflection of sunlight from countless of dust particles that hang between the planet paths in our solar system. Recent scientific research has shown that the dust has its origin from comets and the endlessly collisions between asteroids over the course of time. This thin 'mist' reflects the light in a very dim glow and is only visible to the naked eye when there is no light pollution or moon in the sky. It was one of the clearest cases of Zodiacal light that I have ever seen. Helped by the fact that there was no moonlight or light pollution from the ground. Captured with the following settings; D850, 10.5mm, 6 seconds, f/2.8, ISO4000. #zodiacal #stars #night #sky #space #light #sunrise #flying #flight #nikon #d850 #instadaily #photo #photography #longexposure #instasky #flying

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Od zaslepljujućih izlazaka sunca do polarne svetlosti, upravljanje ogromnim avionom kroz žestoke oluje, sve je to ovekovečio, a većinu fotografija snimio je na visini od 11.000 metara.

 

St Elmo’s fire. Somewhere over the Atlantic between South-America and Africa we encountered a huge front of active thunderstorms. Flying in thick clouds with zero visibility, we had to rely on our weather-radar to get a clear image of the weather ahead. It was obvious that there was no way to fly all around this squall line of entangled thunderstorms that stretched across our route for hundreds of miles to either side. Coming closer, the radar provided us with a more detailed image of the interior of the clouds ahead, enabling us to plan a route through this maze of violent weather. This time though, we immediately understood that we won’t get away with a smooth passage. The storms had almost grown together into one, forcing us to find the ‘least’ violent spot to fly through. Our long range HF-radio was already rendered completely useless with the nearby storms that charge the atmosphere and our airplane, thereby blocking all signals to and from the outside…. Full blog can be read here; https://jpcvanheijst.com/blogs/2017/06/574544-st-elmo-s-fire-4-minute-read #stelmosfire #elmosfire #aircraft #airplane #boeing #boeing747 #747 #cockpit #flightdeck #pilot #piloteye #pilotlife #thunderstorm #cloud #cloudporn #instaweather #instaflight #instagramaviation #instaaviation #aviation #flight #avgeek #instadaily #photodaily #photoaday #photography #nature #jpcvanheijst #nikon

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A massive display of St Elmo’s fire on our windscreen during our night flight over the Brazilian Amazon. Caused by the huge buildup of static around the airplane from the clouds around us, it shows a bright purple and pink corona discharge of luminous plasma around the windscreen and other parts of the airplane. Normally quite harmless, but it could potentially indicate an impending lightning strike on the cockpit windows. #stelmosfire #airplane #aircraft #boeing #boeing747 #747 #cockpit #flightdeck #weather #nature #cloud #cloudporn #crewlife #pilotviews #avgeek #aviation #flight #flying #static #storm #lightning #instaweather #instagramweather #instaaviation #instagramaviation #instadaily #instagood #instaphoto #jpcvanheijst #nikon

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The beautiful mountainous landscape of Georgia below us with in the distance the dominating Mount Ararat; the over 5100m high peak is nearly always sticking out from the clouds over the Turkish and Armenian land below. For many religious people, Mount Ararat is regarded as a holy mountain as it would have been the place where Noah's Ark first reached land after the world-covering flood, as described in various religious books like the Torah, Bible and Quran. Over the course of centuries, many expeditions have been launched to find evidence of this theological/religious event, even recently, and some interesting finds have been reported like old pieces of wood, far above the vegetation line. If they are related in any way to the religious books and stories remains a topic of debate among believers, but regardless of the story and finds, the mountain is an impressive landmark and a beautiful sight to see from above. #mountain #mountains #georgia #turkey #armenia #landscape #landscapephotography #clouds #cloudy #history #photo #photography #instapic #nikon

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