JPG: Photos: "The Glory of the Pilot" by Marianne Greig

The Glory of the Pilot

Published! In JPG Magazine Issue 15

by Marianne Greig

Uploaded 7 Dec 2007 — 64 favorites

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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?

32 responses

Alexis Gerard gave props (7 Dec 2007):
Awesome shot, I don't care what category it's in - it's got my vote!
Frederic Frognier gave props (8 Dec 2007):
Incredible shot. You got my vote
eva monbert gave props (8 Dec 2007):
yeah, this photo rocks
Paul Lavallee gave props (8 Dec 2007):
great capture!
Mike Edwards said (8 Dec 2007):
You my vote, great find..
Jason Seda gave props (10 Dec 2007):
here is my vote to, very nice
Yusuf Özkızıl gave props (22 Dec 2007):
Unusual... good spot though. Get's my "yeah!"
sam simon gave props (30 Jan 2008):
so cool!
Benjamin Lai said (31 Jan 2008):
oddly though, i think the rainbow effect comes from the plane's window, didn't it?
Mark Gilliland gave props (31 Jan 2008):
Got my vote
Kreddible Trout said (2 Feb 2008):
glorious shot. got my vote. though I don't really know where airplanes fit into nature.
callyourmomm said (8 Feb 2008):
wow!
Moayad Hussain said (3 Apr 2008):
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.
Moayad Hussain added a link (3 Apr 2008):
"Glory" in video. (vimeo.com)
Emily Allison gave props (9 May 2008):
Nature is INDEED impressive! Great capture!
Giulio Bassi said (17 Jul 2008):
accidenti che scatto!!!! ..... una magia ... un mistero ..... favolosa!
JAMES E TAYLOR said (5 Aug 2008):
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.
Julia castro said (3 Oct 2008):
this photo it's soo hot... cool...
Julie Stiefel gave props (15 Nov 2008):
You GO Girl !! Congrats on publication !! WAY COOL capture !! BEAUTIFUL !!
richard pigott added a link (16 Nov 2008):
my humble tribute to this amazing photographer. (www.jpgmag.com)
Mal Stewart gave props (18 Nov 2008):
This shot is totally amazing Marianne. I can not say how envious of you I am seeing this. It would be incredible to wittness this, let alone have your camera out and ready to capture it. Well done.
Mal Stewart gave props (18 Nov 2008):
I am wondering if Michael Fuchs (a JPGer) has seen this image, as I am guessing he would be very interested in it.
Scott Abbott said (18 Nov 2008):
Really amazing. Love it!
Lynn H gave props (22 Nov 2008):
WOW! How cool!
Patricia Shanahan gave props (22 Nov 2008):
This is stunning ! Awesome capture !!!!!!!
Raphael VIVIER said (25 Nov 2008):
Very great
Bonnie Blanton gave props (14 Dec 2008):
incredible shot!
ari weiss said (28 Jan 2009):
extreemly impressive. this is sick, ive never seen anything like it.
Ayen Ir. gave props (27 Feb 2009):
cool
Eric Sayah gave props (19 Mar 2009):
Experienced this phenomenon myself several times but never managed to get a shot... awesome job!
s pearson gave props (13 Apr 2009):
very cool
Seth Deibel gave props (25 Aug 2009):
Awesome shot...what an incredible capture!!!