Shooting stars, magical galaxy seen from the cockpit of a jet
From his special office, a jet pilot captured magical pictures of the night sky with auroras, shooting stars, and sparkling galaxies...
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| Christiaan Van Heijst (35 years old), a jet pilot, captured magical images of the night sky with a specialized camera mounted in his cockpit. All the photos were taken from an altitude of over 9,000 m above the Earth's surface. |
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| In this photo, Christiaan van Heijst appears to be flying at maximum altitude, capturing the curved surface of the Earth against a shimmering, magical night sky. |
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| Christiaan sharesthat the feeling of floating in the vast sky, witnessing the universe sparkling with stars, flying through the magical blue light of the Northern European aurora... is hard to describe. "When the whole Earth shrinks into sight, from the vast ocean, countries to cities and villages all become smaller, I feel like I'm leaving everything behind and flying into space," he said. |
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| Despite taking many photos of the sky from the cockpit, the pilot still finds it magical to watch light and shadow interact with each other in the vast universe. |
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| He captured the night lights of London (UK) shining brightly amidst a meteor shower from above. |
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| Christiaan revealed that to take pictures of the aurora borealis in Northern Europe, he used long exposure photography techniques. |
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| Through the photos taken from the cockpit, the author of the photos wants to show everyone the working space of people with similar jobs. Taking photos from the cockpit is done by this man as a passion for photography, and also as a way to relieve stress after many hours of high-intensity work. |
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| Christiaan captured his unique office while he was flying across the Atlantic. |
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| Flying a jet plane is not an easy job, requiring many factors of health, skills, experience... facing many dangers and unforeseen risks. However, pilots have the opportunity to experience many special feelings, admire many magnificent landscapes that not everyone gets to try. |
