Niezwykłe zjawiska na wyjątkowych zdjęciach lotniczych

Zobaczcie fotografie autorstwa duńskiego fotografa, który niemal na co dzień ma szansę obserwować zjawiska atmosferyczne (i nie tylko je) z perspektywy, z której najpewniej większości z nas nie będzie dane ich zobaczyć. Latając po całym świecie, Christiaan van Heijst fotografuje z kokpitu samolotu unikatowe widoki, a jego zdjęcia są dowodem na piękno i potęgę natury.

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Another shot of my colleague Luca's last flight last week. While we left Montreal behind us, we begin to prepare for the Oceanic crossing that's up ahead. A nearly full moon guiding the way, some faint Northern Lights far up North and the dim light that signals the beginning of a new day. A perfect last flight. #flight #aviation #airplane #cockpit #pilot #femalepilot #nightflight #moon #moonlight #boeing #boeing747 #747 #instagramaviation #instadaily #instalike #instagood #flying #jpcvanheijst #nikon #d800 #canada #people

A photo posted by Christiaan van Heijst (@jpcvanheijst) on Aug 5, 2016 at 4:30am PDT

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

A photo posted by Christiaan van Heijst (@jpcvanheijst) on Sep 27, 2016 at 10:41pm PDT

A long exposure shot over the dark Sinai peninsula in Egypt. When the air is completely stable, sometimes its possible to make photos with extremely long exposures so the camera can catch every bit of light that’s out there. Far away cities, camp fires and settlements on the ground, but most of all the countless billions of stars that paint the sky high above. At certain times in the year, we can look into the core of our own galaxy, which shows like a long band of ‘milky’ light, hence the name Milky Way. A huge concentration of so many stars and nebulae that all are spread out over distances our human brain can simply not comprehend. #stars #milkyway #nightlife #nightphotography #nightshot #milkyway #galaxy #nightflight #egypt #longexposure #longexposure_shots #aviation #flight #flying #jpcvanheijst #nikon #d800 #instasky, #instagramaviation #avgeek #space #photography

A photo posted by Christiaan van Heijst (@jpcvanheijst) on Sep 24, 2016 at 11:27pm PDT

"Attention Cargolux 661 Heavy, Kansas City Center. Be advised on your 1 o'clock 2-5 miles distance, large weather indicated 20 miles wide. Heavy to extreme precipitation, multiple tornados reported. Deviation left of course approved." Flying through Tornado Alley over Kansas this time of the year, is one of the few times I expected a cow or some farming equipment to fly past my window at 36.000ft #kansas #usa #storm #cloud #clouds #cloudporn #sky #aviation #flight #cow #flying #air #atmosphere #thunderstorm #instasky #instadaily #instaweather #instanature #nature #tornado #tornados #d800 #nikon #jpcvanheijst #instaaviation #instagramaviation

A photo posted by Christiaan van Heijst (@jpcvanheijst) on Sep 19, 2016 at 9:30am PDT

Cathay Pacific Boeing 777 passing 1000ft below us in the opposite direction. The rising sun adds some surreal colours to the many hours of views on rivers, tundra, hills, forests and empty landscapes of Siberia. #cathay #cathaypacific #boeing #777 #boeing777 #contrail #jet #flight #flying #aviation #avgeek #pilotlife #siberia #russia #sunrise #jpcvanheijst #instagramaviation #instasky #instaaviation

A photo posted by Christiaan van Heijst (@jpcvanheijst) on Sep 16, 2016 at 9:25am PDT

Cruising over Siberia, the midnight summer sun sticks close to the horizon and displays a bright band of colours for the entire 7-hour flight. Some bright nightshining clouds (also called noctilucent clouds) shine high up in the atmosphere while the full moon paints the few clouds below in her silver white light and the countless stars in the infinitely large sky above. #sky #night #nightflight #instaclouds #instasky #instalandscape #instaaviation #instagood #cloud #clouds #cloudporn #moonlight #sunrise #russia #siberia #space #avgeek #aviation #flight #flying #view #landscape #jpcvanheijst #nikon #d800

A photo posted by Christiaan van Heijst (@jpcvanheijst) on Sep 14, 2016 at 4:28am PDT

Taken last week over Northern China; a massive, dying-out thunderstorm illuminated by the low sun behind us. #cloud #clouds #sky #aviation #flight #flying #cumulus #cloudporn #avgeek #instadaily #instacloud #instaclouds #instadaily #instagood #instasky #jpcvanheijst #nikon #d800 #sunset #afternoon

A photo posted by Christiaan van Heijst (@jpcvanheijst) on Sep 4, 2016 at 4:17pm PDT

Alaska, the final frontier. Mother nature shows her completely natural flow with little to no human interference. Rivers flow, mountains grow, planes fly by and moons pass.. and nothing changes. #alaska #usa #anchorage #nature #landscape #river #light #jpcvanheijst #nikon #d800 #instadaily #instagood #instasky #instamood

A photo posted by Christiaan van Heijst (@jpcvanheijst) on Sep 13, 2016 at 10:45am PDT

While descending into Anchorage, we glide over the most jaw-dropping sceneries and landscapes that the world has to offer. Alaska is truly the 'Last Frontier' with little to no human civilization to be seen. #alaska #nature #usa #sunlight #lightrays #landscape #river #clouds #light #sky #surreal #instagood #instadaily #instanature #aviation #flight #jpcvanheijst #nikon #d800

A photo posted by Christiaan van Heijst (@jpcvanheijst) on Aug 24, 2016 at 3:54pm PDT

A beautiful colored display of Northern Lights, somewhere over Northern Canada, a few months ago. Green, purple, blue, orange, yellow and red, like a curtain dancing in the wind. #aurora #northernlights #night #canada #inflight #nightflight #stars #nature #sky #aviation #avgeek #instagramaviation #instalike #instacool #instanature #jpcvanheijst #nikon #d800 #amazing

A photo posted by Christiaan van Heijst (@jpcvanheijst) on Jul 1, 2016 at 10:32am PDT

Very heavy thunderstorms over Eastern China last week. The bright moon and the continuous lightning strikes make it a spectacular show from above. #weather #instaweather #storm #lightning #thunder #cloud #clouds #cloudporn #aviation #avgeek #flight #flying #nightflight #nature #jpcvanheijst #nikon #d800 #instalike #instacool #thunderstorm

A photo posted by Christiaan van Heijst (@jpcvanheijst) on Jun 29, 2016 at 7:38pm PDT