Plane, beach
I love this picture, from “Hangeu”:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31874940@N00/14671758/in/photostream/
I’ve seen other pix like this, and there is always some argument about whether the photos are fake. People say ‘a plane CAN’T get that close to people on the beach or they’d be sanded to death by the jet blast!’ but the people who post these pictures always insist that they are real. I’d love to hear from somebody who’s actually been to this beach.
UPDATE: M says: “I’ve seen pics like that too. Yes, the beach is real. The planes really do get that close to the beachgoers.
The airport in question is Princess Juliana International Airport, Saint Maarten, Netherlands Antilles. It’s right next to Maho Beach.
http://www.anniebees.com/Photos/SpottingSaintMaarten.htm “
This is a similar photo on PhotoSig.com where some of the reviewers blasted the submitter for posting a fake:
http://www.photosig.com/go/photos/view?id=66136
UPDATE 2:
Lots of great photos at Airliners.net
Check this one out:
http://photos.airliners.net/photos/9/9/6/721699.jpg
What I find interesting is that in a photo dated
November 28, 2004
it shows a beach:
http://photos.airliners.net/photos/2/0/8/720802.jpg
But in other photos, like this one dated
November 16, 2004
it shows the beach gone:
http://photos.airliners.net/photos/6/6/3/713366.jpg
What I wonder, is did the beach wear away and they will try to rebuild it? Is this an ongoing process where it wears away and the keep rebuilding it? They do that here, “beach regeneration” or something like that. Or… did they take the beach away for liability reasons? I doubt that though, that’s destruction of natural property. If there were liability issues, they’d just prohibit trespassing. Idunno. Does anyone know? I’m curious.