Trending Now - Pilot Takes Breathtaking Photos From His Cockpit
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.
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Sunset, Quito, Ecuador
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Night Sky
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Cloud City, Quito, Ecuador
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Blinding storm
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Vertical Development, Ecuador
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Cruising out, Quito, Ecuador
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the orbit in an atmosphere unknown, Ecuador
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The Amazonia between Ecuador and Colombia
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‘I’ve never seen lightning like this one’
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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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Mooning Around, Super moon, At 2,900m in Quito, Ecuador
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A storm over Colombian Amazonia
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A magnificent storm developing over the Atlantic Ocean, a few miles south of Jamaica
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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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An ominous storm over Panama City
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One of those clear days over Miami
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‘Looking like a nuclear explosion, this great Cumulonimbus is discharging its power over Colombian rainforest’
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Night flashes, Atlantic Ocean
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Fugaz, Atlantic Ocean, North of Panama City
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Soaring, Guayaquil, Ecuador
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Fierce, Guayaquil, Ecuador
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Atomic Storm
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Magic
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Storm Hour, Amazonia, South America
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Pacific Storm, Pacific Ocean, Close to Panama City
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Tormenta, Coast of Venezuela, South America
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