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Pilot Takes Amazing Photos From His Cockpit, And They Will Take Your Breath Away
Being a pilot, you get to see a bunch of beautiful sights from above. Being a pilot for a South American airline, you also get to witness the stunning phenomena of storms as your job requires flying over regions that experience them.
Meet Santiago Borja Lopez - a Quito, Ecuador-based pilot who works for Ecuador Airlines. Whenever the pilot is off-duty, he pulls out his camera to capture the magnificent sights he witnesses in air. From incredible storms to even lightning bolts - the photos he captures are truly magnificent. Keep on scrolling to take a look and follow Santiago's journey on Instagram. You can read more about one of Santiago's shots in our previous article.
More info: santiagoborja.com | Instagram
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‘A Colossal Cumulonimbus Flashes Over The Pacific Ocean As We Circle Around It At 37000 Feet En Route To South America’
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‘I’ve Never Seen Lightning Like This One’
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Night Flashes, Atlantic Ocean
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An Ominous Storm Over Panama City
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Magic
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Tormenta, Coast Of Venezuela, South America
Charlotte Ayers 8 years ago
Tormenta is an apt name: it looks as if we are peering into the underworld.
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Flying Over The Colombian Amazonia About To Enter Ecuadorian Airspace To Descend Over The Andes Into Guayaquil
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A Magnificent Storm Developing Over The Atlantic Ocean, A Few Miles South Of Jamaica
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Mooning Around, Super Moon, At 2,900m In Quito, Ecuador
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‘Looking Like A Nuclear Explosion, This Great Cumulonimbus Is Discharging Its Power Over Colombian Rainforest’
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Fugaz, Atlantic Ocean, North Of Panama City
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Atomic Storm
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Soaring, Guayaquil, Ecuador
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The Amazonia Between Ecuador And Colombia
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A Storm Over Colombian Amazonia
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Cloud City, Quito, Ecuador
Victoria Jolley 8 years ago
looks like the earth had a major volcanic eruption across the earth and dust covered the earth.....creepy but beautiful
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Vertical Development, Ecuador
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Storm Hour, Amazonia, South America
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Cruising Out, Quito, Ecuador
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John L 8 years ago
By 'off duty' I assume that means when the copilot takes control of the helm, lol. :D
Simon Tatt 8 years ago
How he both froze the cloud and got trails from the stars (long-time exposure) in image #5 cruising at jet speed I don`t know. Maybe a super-genius photographer. Pretty though.
lemontzz aide 8 years ago
'Stellar' - many thanks to the pilot for taking us to different heights. Magnifique :)
Wanderlustladies 8 years ago
Stunning photos...and now I know why we hit the worst turbulence I've ever experienced en route to Uruguay!
Eduard Ritok 8 years ago
that 4th photo is absolutely ridiculous !! all of these photos are amazing, but that 4th photo made my jaw to fall on my knees...
Gregory Strauch 8 years ago
#3, 5, 9, 12, and 25 look TOTALLY PHOTOSHOPPED! HOW CAN THE CITY LIGHTS AND STARS BE SO BLURRY AND THE CLOUDS ARE SHARP????!!!!!
AJ Sinclair 8 years ago
I could explain to you but you probably need to understand how a camera works in the first place
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jacluckycat 8 years ago
How do you look at all these amazing photos and manage to trip over hyphens and airplane technicalities
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John L 8 years ago
By 'off duty' I assume that means when the copilot takes control of the helm, lol. :D
Simon Tatt 8 years ago
How he both froze the cloud and got trails from the stars (long-time exposure) in image #5 cruising at jet speed I don`t know. Maybe a super-genius photographer. Pretty though.
lemontzz aide 8 years ago
'Stellar' - many thanks to the pilot for taking us to different heights. Magnifique :)
Wanderlustladies 8 years ago
Stunning photos...and now I know why we hit the worst turbulence I've ever experienced en route to Uruguay!
Eduard Ritok 8 years ago
that 4th photo is absolutely ridiculous !! all of these photos are amazing, but that 4th photo made my jaw to fall on my knees...
Gregory Strauch 8 years ago
#3, 5, 9, 12, and 25 look TOTALLY PHOTOSHOPPED! HOW CAN THE CITY LIGHTS AND STARS BE SO BLURRY AND THE CLOUDS ARE SHARP????!!!!!
AJ Sinclair 8 years ago
I could explain to you but you probably need to understand how a camera works in the first place
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How do you look at all these amazing photos and manage to trip over hyphens and airplane technicalities
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