The Glory of the Pilot
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A buddy of mine and I decided to take a sporadic little trip up to see our friend in Boston. The weather as we were landing was far from perfect so we slowly decended through the thick cloud cover. You could hardly see anything, but for a fraction of a second some sunshine shone through just right and made a complete circlular rainbow as it cast the plane's shadow right at the center. A buddy of mine later told me it is called a "glory" and is most often seen in airplanes, hence the title, "Glory of the Pilot." Nature is impressive eh?
19 Responses
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On 7 December 2007 Alexis Gerard gave props:
Awesome shot, I don't care what category it's in - it's got my vote!
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On 8 December 2007 Frederic Frognier gave props:
Incredible shot. You got my vote
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On 8 December 2007 eva monbert gave props:
yeah, this photo rocks
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On 8 December 2007 Paul Lavallee gave props:
great capture!
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On 8 December 2007 Mike Edwards said:
You my vote, great find..
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On 10 December 2007 Jason Seda gave props:
here is my vote to, very nice
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On 11 December 2007 tom wise said:
Crazzzy~
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On 22 December 2007 Yusuf Özkızıl gave props:
Unusual... good spot though. Get's my "yeah!"
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On 30 January 2008 sam simon gave props:
so cool!
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On 31 January 2008 Benjamin Lai said:
oddly though, i think the rainbow effect comes from the plane's window, didn't it?
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On 31 January 2008 Mark Gilliland gave props:
Got my vote
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On 2 February 2008 Kreddible Trout said:
glorious shot. got my vote. though I don't really know where airplanes fit into nature.
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On 8 February 2008 callyourmomm said:
wow!
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On 3 April 2008 Moayad Hussain said:
I just saw the picture in the mag and something stuck me!
I captured something similar to this on video, but I thought it was just some refraction from the airplane window. Just now I knew that this "Glory" was actually out there in the sky!
This is truly amazing :)
You can watch the video in the link below. It's between 01:09 and 01:25. -
On 3 April 2008 Moayad Hussain added a link:
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On 9 May 2008 Emily Allison gave props:
Nature is INDEED impressive! Great capture!
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On 17 July 2008 Giulio Bassi said:
accidenti che scatto!!!! ..... una magia ... un mistero ..... favolosa!
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On 5 August 2008 JAMES E TAYLOR said:
My son is a commercial pilot and i sent it to him.I don't know if he have had his "moments" yet. There was one pilot who told me his plane was
hit by lightening but i did not pursue the aspects of his feelings, because it was an after thought at the ending of a session and it was never brought up again. At first i thought it was another plane passing by. -
On 3 October 2008 Julia castro said:
this photo it's soo hot... cool...
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