The view from WAY above: Incredible photos taken from the cockpit of a jumbo jet show Earth as you’ve never seen it before, from Manhattan to Dubai
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Forget the bird’s-eye view: see these incredible views from the cockpit of a jumbo jet instead.
They were taken by Dutch 747-400 captain Christiaan Van Heijst, who has rightly built a reputation for his breathtaking cockpit photos.
His aerial photographs have won him several awards and he has 147,000 followers on Instagram.
Christiaan said: ‘When I got my first job as a pilot in 2004, I flew turboprops around Africa and Afghanistanand I was very aware that I was seeing unique things and sights, so I felt a strong motivation to capture them all.
‘I started out taking pictures with a simple camera and as my flying career progressed, so did my photography.’
Scroll down for Christiaan’s latest stunning photos, taken from locations including Manhattan, Dubai, China and remote Sable Island.
Contrails above the clouds: A stunning image of a plane passing beneath Christiaan’s 747
An enchanting image of Cape Verde, an African island country in the Atlantic Ocean
Hue Goes There: A stunning photo of an aurora. Christiaan said capturing auroras through the cockpit required a lot of trial and error
Christiaan has over 10,000 flight hours on various aircraft types. Above – the mountains of Armenia
Manhattan looks like a toy city in this incredible photo taken from the air above
Christiaan reveals he has flown about 8.6 million kilometers, or 5.4 million miles – ‘plus or minus a few’
Way to Glow: The celestial image above shows moonlight over the Pacific Ocean
Peaky Blinder: The Himalayas look like a painting in this mesmerizing photo
Here the vast Gobi Desert stretches out beneath Christiaan’s jumbo jet
A striking mountain range in China. Christiaan estimates he has flown 17 times the distance from Earth to the moon
Christiaan said: ‘When I got my first job as a pilot in 2004, I flew turboprops around Africa and Afghanistan. I was very aware that I was seeing unique things and sights, so I had a strong motivation to capture it all.’ On the right in the photo: the two Palm Islands of Dubai.
Photos like these helped Christiaan gain 147,000 Instagram followers
Here Christiaan captures his ‘office’ – the cockpit of a Boeing 747-400
This impressive photo shows Canada’s Sable Island, home to approximately 350 shipwrecks
We’re impressed: stunning northern lights captured by Christiaan over Germany
For more incredible photos and videos, check out Christaan’s Instagram: @jpcvanheijst.
