Remains of an Aircraft
A plane from the US Navy which was heading to the military base in Keflavik many years ago, when it ran out of gas. They had forced landing in the sands on the ...
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A plane from the US Navy which was heading to the military base in Keflavik many years ago, when it ran out of gas. They had forced landing in the sands on the south coast of Iceland. All in crew walked out safe and sound, but they never got the plane off the sand again.
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Contest Finalist in Aircrafts Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in Aircraft Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in Airplanes Photo Contest
People's Choice in Creative Photos Photo Challenge
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JoyceDickens
January 25, 2015
How nice to come across these dynamic remains Structor;very nicely composed - good to see the beauty in EVERYTHING :-)) - jd
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RDVPhotography
January 29, 2015
As a pilot I would be interested in the story behind this. See it was US Navy.
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FrankSomma
February 03, 2015
You are amazing. Here the fiery sky is so integral to the crashed plane and the blackened foreground. Jawdropper!!
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mwagstaff
February 26, 2015
Thanks for entering this into my Seemingly Random Objects challenge. The public are still voting (in a strange way), but I thought I'd mention that it's made my top 10 shortlist. Great story, great shot!
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LAMONTEMA
March 15, 2015
Wow! Amazing capture! Enjoy the silver abandon plane on shinny black sand and fire sky with dynamic clouds :-)
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RustiGardener
July 18, 2015
Thanks for sharing this AMAZING capture. That's one of the great things about photography... sharing things that others may never have opportunity to see. Great work.
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LightWrite
October 08, 2015
Doesn't get much better than this. The colors drew me in immediately and I stayed for the whole image haha
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thommorris
November 13, 2015
Stunning! I love the low saturation on the fuselage against the vivid sunset...sunrise?
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kirimartin
October 13, 2017
Amazing shot! I hiked to this plane last winter.. it looks quite different in the snow!
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HuaweiP30Lite
January 16, 2023
I wonder how the dope heads justified letting a plane take off on low fuel!!!!
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