Aviation Photo #1661184 McDonnell Douglas MD-11 - Finnair

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Aircraft

Finnair
McDonnell Douglas MD-11

Reg.: OH-LGF

MSN: 48766

Line No.: 600

Location & Date

Helsinki - Vantaa (HEL / EFHK)
Finland - January 25, 2010

Caption

Just about to land from final test flight before leaving Finnair.

Photographer

Mikko Gustafsson

18 Finland

Contact Mikko Gustafsson

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Photo Added: March 04, 2010

Comments (283)

Anonymous

9 years ago

I look at a-net at least once a day (for the past several years) and this is one of the best shots I've seen! Well done!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Incredible shot! Absolutely brilliant.

Anonymous

9 years ago

Simply awesome!!! Tony

Anonymous

9 years ago

It looks like a pretty good end!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Marvellous shot! Light can be really spectacular in finland!

Anonymous

9 years ago

This shot is absolutely unbelievable! Thank you so much for sharing.
-Matt Wallman

Anonymous

9 years ago

I don't have words!! Congratulations!

Anonymous

9 years ago

One of the best photo ever... The light is just great ...

Anonymous

9 years ago

WOW! The atmosphere of this shot is incredible! One of the best photos I have ever seen here, without a doubt. Perfect subject too! Well done.

-Ryan P.

Anonymous

9 years ago

WOW B-)

Anonymous

9 years ago

What an amazing picture ! 5 stars, definitely !

Anonymous

9 years ago

Beautiful!! MD-11 will be missed upon her retirement. Compliments on a "picture perfect" photo. Regards from Norway.

Anonymous

9 years ago

Great, great picture! 5*!-- Braniff747SP

Anonymous

9 years ago

This is MAGICAL!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Wow, a truly stunning photo! Long live the MD-11!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Epic. my new favorite @ airliners

Anonymous

9 years ago

It just cant't get any better! This one might get famous on this site...

Anonymous

9 years ago

Absolutely amazing! I didn't know that this shot was possible! 5*! love the lighting.

Anonymous

9 years ago

Best aviation photography staff. 5+ stars, no doubts. Fyodor.

Anonymous

9 years ago

Wow, am I the only one that finds this picture absolutely amazing? Almost looks unreal. Beautiful Picture!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Beautifull

Anonymous

9 years ago

One of the most amazing shots on this site surely.

The colours, the jet blast effect on the snow, the historic subject and those wonderful vortices.

Excellent work

Anonymous

9 years ago

Amazing, just absolutly amazing! Thank you for capturing this beautiful moment in time.

Anonymous

9 years ago

WOW! That is a pretty stunning shot alright, love the vorticies and lighting! Totally Awesome

Anonymous

9 years ago

Perfect !

Anonymous

9 years ago

Seems unreal ... woowww ! congrats

Anonymous

9 years ago

Vortex, sunset, perspective. Top shelf, well done!

Anonymous

9 years ago

This is not a photo, it's hardcore poetry. No words can actually do this photo justice anyway.
//Sudden

Anonymous

9 years ago

Absolutely AMAZING!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Welp. Here it is, the best photo on airliners.net.

Anonymous

9 years ago

WOOW!

Anonymous

9 years ago

This is my new favorite pic on a.net! The lighting makes it look like something out of a dream!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Absolutely stunning. Fitting final picture of this aircraft before retirement.

Anonymous

9 years ago

That's a spectacular catch! Looks like she's landing inside a volcano !

Anonymous

9 years ago

Oh wow!

Anonymous

9 years ago

This is one of the best photos out here!!! Really nice shot

Anonymous

9 years ago

Awesome picture of the last Trijet! Going out with a bang is always the best way!
Btw what are they testing before retiring the aircrafts?

Anonymous

9 years ago

Jaw dropping. What a fitting tribute.

Anonymous

9 years ago

Breathtaking scene!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Romantic...

Anonymous

9 years ago

What awesome picture. Good job!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Simply breathtaking! A tribute picture can't get better than this! We will miss them.

Anonymous

9 years ago

When I see a photo like this it reminds me of all the magic, beauty and wonder that is flight. They say a picture says a thousand words and even one thousand words can't describe this picture. This reminds me of why I love aviation as much as i do. It makes me feel like a little kid again. This Picture is a work of art. Amazing Job Mikko this is magnificent.

Anonymous

9 years ago

5 star isn't enough to rate this one.......
just wooooowwwww!!!! really speachless...!!!!! never seen such a beautifull picture

Anonymous

9 years ago

I would just had to be very vulgar if I wanted to describe how beautiful this picture is (to someone else) and how it got my heart in the first place. Absolutely breath-and-heart-taking. Brilliant. And, thanks to you, it has become eternal. Fantastic.

Anonymous

9 years ago

This is the first time I can remember saying "wow" out loud on a.net :)

Anonymous

9 years ago

This is reeeeally one of the greatest pictures here on A.net! Awesome job

Anonymous

9 years ago

I think this might possibly be my favorite aviation picture ever.

Anonymous

9 years ago

Ok Mikko, you hit the jackpot with this shot! No really, I have seen thousands of amazing picture's on a.net but this one is to good for words. imho then ..

Congrets!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Uow!!! one of the best! truly amanzing!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Stunning pic!
congrats! ;)

Anonymous

9 years ago

This photo cannot illustrate any better why you do not want to fly immediately behind a plane like this with a much smaller airplane. Having a golden sun as the background is stunning in and of itself, but then the wingtip vortices add the ultimate icing on the cake! Even the angle of the shot makes this one special, especially seeing that the nose gear is about a couple of feet from the center line. This shot ranks in my top 5 for sure!

Anonymous

9 years ago

What a magical storybook image. The snow being blown from the runway edges, the votices, the shadow of the aircraft, the colours, just incredible.

Anonymous

9 years ago

Wow, errr wow, wow & wow again.

Almost looks unreal.

Anonymous

9 years ago

That's paralyzingly beautiful.

Anonymous

9 years ago

Great composition, good light and a good eye!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Once in a lifetime shot.never seen a more dramatic sceenery.5 stars

Anonymous

9 years ago

Possibily the best shot I have ever seen. Simply speachless!!! More than 5 stars.

Anonymous

9 years ago

Nice shot and great lighting, the vortices are a nice addition as well.

Anonymous

9 years ago

Stunning - a perfect farewell to the amazing aircraft from Finnair.
Speechless :)

Anonymous

9 years ago

This is surreal! :)

Anonymous

9 years ago

Wow!!! So beautifully unreal, it almost looks like computer-generated effect! 5 stars!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Simply perfect. Look at the snow blowing off of the runway, gorgeous

Anonymous

9 years ago

Sheer brilliance! A superb capture in every way.

Anonymous

9 years ago

ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?!!! WOW, SPEECHLESS!

Anonymous

9 years ago

It almost looks like a painting! What a beautiful shot. 5-stars all the way.

Anonymous

9 years ago

Caution, wake turbulence!! Great shot, love the lighting effect and the perspective.

Anonymous

9 years ago

This is the most beautiful aviation photo that I have seen..... ever! You capture it magically! 5 *s.

Anonymous

9 years ago

This is the most beautifully lighted vortex shot I've seen. The color, the highlighting of the vortices, and the aircraft shadow on the runway add nice drama.

Anonymous

9 years ago

The exposure and the glimmering landscape are just unreal in this shot. Bravo!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Unbelivable!!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Wow!!
this has to be the picture of the year!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Amazing

Anonymous

9 years ago

Wow!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Now threr's someone for over twenty years of service not ten. by the way. the md-11 production would offically stop right about this year instead of ten years ago.

Anonymous

9 years ago

This photo should go down as one of the top ten photos of the year!!!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Speechless! What an amazing picture! Spectacular in every single way! Congrats, Mikko!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Awesome

Anonymous

9 years ago

To me the landscape looks liquid. The effect of the snow at the runways' edge is awesome, you can see right where the displaced air is located. Beautifully done!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Mikko the image you captured is true art. The more I look at it the more I see for the first time.

Anonymous

9 years ago

Truly amazing....
i wish i can choose to give 10 stars out of 5

Anonymous

9 years ago

Where on earth were you when you took this awesome photo. Very nice Mikko, very nice indeed.

Anonymous

9 years ago

Looks like a HDR shot. Five stars from me, very well done indeed. Thanks for sharing it with us. - Brett

Anonymous

9 years ago

One second before touchdown… beautiful

Anonymous

9 years ago

Breath taking! Pure beauty, well done sir

Anonymous

9 years ago

THAT is the most amazing photo of an aircraft that I think I've ever seen. I couldn't imagine what you must have felt like when you snapped that one. Pure art and just mindblowingly awesome!!
Great photo Mikko. Unreal. I cant believe what I'm looking at. That belongs in the terminal at Helsinki!
WOW!!!
Did I say WOW??

Anonymous

9 years ago

Man, I'm speechless...

Anonymous

9 years ago

Woow, what's not great about this shot, all the details: the rings in the vortexes, snow blowing away on the runway sides, shadow of the gear just seconds before touchdown. Very well done!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Eeeeeh....
Wow! Surely one of the most amazing pictures I've ever seen!
If only I had the chance to take a pic like this....

Anonymous

9 years ago

This shot paints a thousand words. Seems a bit like a fairy tale. Note the snow movement on the ground next to runway. (ground effect). Bloody marvelous!! regards from South Africa.

Anonymous

9 years ago

Absolutely surreal picture...awesome, 5 stars all the way !!

Anonymous

9 years ago

It's really a work of art; calling it a photo of an airplane does not do it justice. You have captured a beautiful, golden harmony between the natural world and technology.

Anonymous

9 years ago

Oh my god Mikko, you've got the best spotting location everr!!!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Wow, amazing effects...........!
note the snow blown away at the right and the left side of the beginning of the runway!!

Anonymous

9 years ago

I love it, Mikko! We would love to see more of your captures! Thanks a lot!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Take a bow sir....that is sublime. We are not worthy! You do realize that I haven't stopped looking at this photo for the last five minutes! The more I look at this photo the more exquisite I find this photo to be...I could go on.

Macairmetro

Anonymous

9 years ago

Really a great shot, love the snow! The sun really add a dramatic effect!

Yorran,

Anonymous

9 years ago

Ah well. I knew this day would come. I can stop photgraphing now because the ultimate image is now captured. Congratulations!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Planet Mars in winter!!! Best photo!!!

Anonymous

9 years ago

I cannot believe this photo- its amaizing.

Anonymous

9 years ago

Did he land on Mars? ;)
Amazing picture Mikko

Anonymous

9 years ago

Amazing picture, congratulations!!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Fab! farewell to the md11.

Anonymous

9 years ago

Absolutely breathtaking, one of a kind, never seen anything like that. Five stars and photographer's vote from me.
Chukcha

Anonymous

9 years ago

Mieletön! It's like it was set up for its final flight. The amount of work to time the weather and time to such perfection. Back to serious talk. Nature, tech, timing and photographer together create something magical.

Anonymous

9 years ago

Just Stunning!!! I love it!!!!

Anonymous

9 years ago

The magic of photography and aviation.

Anonymous

9 years ago

The Best ever seen by me in A.net, Its more like painting than Photograph!
5* from me,
S.E

Anonymous

9 years ago

Amazing

Anonymous

9 years ago

Simply wow!

Anonymous

9 years ago

You can almost touch the vortices =)

Anonymous

9 years ago

The color says it all. On top of that, a three-holer.

Anonymous

9 years ago

Absolutely stunning!!

Anonymous

9 years ago

The best tribute to the MD-11.
One of the best shots in A.net. Amen!
Cheers! JK

Anonymous

9 years ago

Great!

Anonymous

9 years ago

UN-BE-LIE-VA-BLE...!!!!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Possibly the greatest pic I've ever seen on a-net! No, scrap that, one of the best pics I've seen in a long long time. Truly magical. 5 stars simply not enough. Well done pal!

Anonymous

9 years ago

No words.....just stunning

Anonymous

9 years ago

WOW

Anonymous

9 years ago

Spectacular contrails and sunset to match the occasion!

Anonymous

9 years ago

S! Really, really nice shot. The sun light, the contrails, everything is perfect.:-)

Anonymous

9 years ago

AAAAAAAAAA!!!! YOU MADE MY DAY. I'M CRYING. Thank you for the best airliners.net photo ever seen!!!

Anonymous

9 years ago

That has to be one of the best photos on this site!!!!

Rgds
Daryl Chapman

Anonymous

9 years ago

Tribute to a legend.. A magnificient painting... This photo describes 100% the meaning of Aviation Art. Many congrats mate!Mario

Anonymous

9 years ago

The best picure i`ve ever seen on Airliners!!!!!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Wow it looks like a painting. . 5 stars

Anonymous

9 years ago

Surely the pinnacle of aviation photography... ooozes poetry from every pixel...

Anonymous

9 years ago

I'm amazed, simply beautiful! 5* -Ron

Anonymous

9 years ago

Superb! Beautifull plane and scenery! 5+ stars!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Simply WOW!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Amazing ! Wow !

Anonymous

9 years ago

This photo looks almost unreal. Everything here is perfect, lightning, snow, airplane. Just amazing.

Anonymous

9 years ago

Stunning! this could be in a museum!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Not for mothing you got so many amazed comments about this beautiful photo!!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Unbeliveable! Best picture I've seen on my hole life!

Anonymous

9 years ago

After all the comments below, what more can I add! I'm speechless. . . .5 stars!
Aman from India

Anonymous

9 years ago

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH AMAZING!!!!!!!
What a spectacular image,i love it...........
Thanks a lot for share this image.
Marcos Gonzalez

Anonymous

9 years ago

Amazing... what a great way to say good bye to the Finnair MD-11's

Anonymous

9 years ago

A fitting end for a magnificent aircraft. I can only hope my retirement is half as splended. Excellent picture! Thank you.

Anonymous

9 years ago

Wow, fantastic, left me speachless ! Looks like a painting, not a photo ! A truly tribute to the MD-11, now lefting Finnair

Anonymous

9 years ago

A fitting end to what was a great 20 years of MD-11 service by Finnair. Truly one of the best photographs I have seen on this site!

Anonymous

9 years ago

It's hard to believe it's a real picture, amazing..

Anonymous

9 years ago

It is so beautiful that I first thought it was a draw. Wonder wonderful. And the merit is ALL yours.

Anonymous

9 years ago

Epic

Anonymous

9 years ago

This photo will surely go down as a classic on this site. This would make a beautiful postcard. - Wayne C.

Anonymous

9 years ago

No way, thats the best picture I've ever seen. Countless details in this pic an the best thing is : theres no WATErMArK in the best pic out there!! Thank you so much Mikko!!!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Well, This is something you don't see every day. Great photo!!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Absolutely THE right moment to take the picture. Super! And MANY THANKS for not putting the "mandatory" aliner-net-imprint over the image and ruining it as so many do it around here.

Anonymous

9 years ago

I would give it 10 stars but there are only five... amazing

Anonymous

9 years ago

The Best photo I've ever seen

Anonymous

9 years ago

No...You're kidding right?! That's not a photo, impossible!

Anonymous

9 years ago

5/5. Beautiful light and a perfect timing for making the shot. Congratulations!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Could it be more beautiful?
You made it, dude. Way to go!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Breathtaking picture, but sad event. MD11 is the best looking aircraft to date. Sad to see them leave the Finnair fleet

Anonymous

9 years ago

Suomi on Sun

Anonymous

9 years ago

Superb photo... the colors are amazing, the vortex's, the shadows, the sun, the dust kicking up. This shot has it all!

Anonymous

9 years ago

I simply cannot believe it. This shot would even move non-enthusiasts out there. Even more: the aircraft is perfectly aligned with the photograph as per engine no.2.

Anonymous

9 years ago

Unbelievably beautiful photograph! Just amazing!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Congrats!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Very beatful picture

Anonymous

9 years ago

It's state-of-art photo! Great!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Wow... this is an instant classic. The colors are amazing, the vortices, the shadows.. everything in this picture is amazing!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Amazing shot!

Anonymous

9 years ago

You gave me an emotion. Thank you

Anonymous

9 years ago

Just something amazing

Anonymous

9 years ago

MArvelous and Sad ending!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Love the affect of the sun light on the surrounding enviroment. And the slipstream coming from the wings. (although it almost looks like smoke) It almost looks animated. Just a beutifull picture.

Anonymous

9 years ago

Finnair needs to know about this photo and they need to pay you big big bucks if you're willing to sell it to them.

Anonymous

9 years ago

Thank you Mikko for showing us this wonderful photo in golden light. The sunset for the MD-11s in Finnair.

Anders Nilsson Sweden

Anonymous

9 years ago

What an incredible picture, beautiful. The storyline adds to the drama, of course.

Anonymous

9 years ago

Fantastic Shot! Mikko, you have captured the glory of the sun, Finland, and flight in one photo.

Anonymous

9 years ago

Great photo, such a warm feeling to see these fantastic aircraft taking to the skies!

Anonymous

9 years ago

How!

Anonymous

9 years ago

I'm throwing away my camera. I have no words for this amount of beauty. Where are my sunglasses? Thank you for the effort.

Anonymous

9 years ago

One of the most incredible photographs I've ever seen.

Anonymous

9 years ago

This is absolutely breathtaking! It must be a joy to have captured this excellent photograph!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Thats Amazing! Good work!

Anonymous

9 years ago

The scene is absolutely fantastic!! But it is more an effort of the nature than of the photographer..

Anonymous

9 years ago

Very beautyful!Sorry for the md-11s

Anonymous

9 years ago

Very good picture!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Best photo

Anonymous

9 years ago

What a pleasure...!!! You are an artist!

Anonymous

9 years ago

There are only few hours on few days in a year the sun sets aligned with that runway. This year those days were -20C and windy! That the day happened to be not cloudy _and_ a MD-11 was making a landing in the suns direction is the planespotters (fully deserved!) jackpot!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Excellent lightning, very lucky to get the vapor-trails too, also very current since MD-11 is really going in to the sunset at least on Finnairs service

Anonymous

9 years ago

What a picture!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Amazing absolutely beautiful

Anonymous

9 years ago

That's just about one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.....no wonder I love aviation so much....and I'm not even a pilot....lol

Anonymous

9 years ago

WOW! I Would love to have seen a video from this vantage point.

Anonymous

9 years ago

There aren't words to describe this photo, and 5 stars are not enough. Keep up the good work.

Anonymous

9 years ago

Knocks me off my feet

Anonymous

9 years ago

Fantastic light and trails.

Anonymous

9 years ago

WOW this picture is amazing congrats 5/5

Anonymous

9 years ago

What a beautiful photo! Great shot!

Anonymous

9 years ago

I wonder how you captured that MD11 with such a majesty. A true masterpiece ! My hat's off to you !

Anonymous

9 years ago

Nice colors and all, congratulations!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Wow! I especially love the wake from the aircraft kicking up the snow on either side of the runway, not to mention those brilliant vortices!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Unbelievable nice!

Anonymous

9 years ago

My god!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Congratulations! How long have you spent in cold, waiting for the perfect moment?

Anonymous

9 years ago

This photo looks magical! The lighting, the weather, the plane, the trails coming from the wings. Just wonderful!

Anonymous

9 years ago

Fantastic Shot! It looks like you took the shot from the flight path of the MD-11 because of the trail. 5/5

Anonymous

9 years ago

What a beautiful sunset, a beautiful landing, for it's last flight for Finnair

Anonymous

9 years ago

Damn nice

Anonymous

9 years ago

The colors, the clearly cold setting and the little sad moment of MD-11 leaving Finnair (which reminds me of how important good captions are!) makes this a true masterpice!

Anonymous

8 years ago

Notice the wheels and their shadows how they're just before contacting each other.

Anonymous

8 years ago

Amazing colors! Great shot !

Anonymous

8 years ago

Hv spent many an hour at this site.....i don't think i've seen anything like this!!!

Anonymous

8 years ago

Great pic!!

loved the scenery

Anonymous

8 years ago

Totally awesome capture. Cant stop looking at every aspect of it

Anonymous

8 years ago

5 Stars +. That is an outstanding capture. Congratulations. If this isnt snapped up by some magazine(s), then I dont know anything about photography!
Go an contact the German "air international", they publish "best of a.net" once a year.

Anonymous

8 years ago

5\5 Amazing looks like A a water colour painting Simply Amazing

Anonymous

8 years ago

It's not a photo. It's masterpiece! It's true work of art! It's a mini story.
One of the best art photo I've ever seen!

Thanks a lot and good luck in other beautiful shots!

Anonymous

8 years ago

Beautiful colors

Anonymous

8 years ago

Surreal. I would love to hear the story behind this photo and how much post processing is involved. Love it!

Anonymous

8 years ago

WOW!! IMO, one of the best pics on this site! Truly remarkable!

Anonymous

8 years ago

Everything that I love: the snow, the sun and a magnificent MD-11!

Anonymous

8 years ago

Simply the best.this pic has a mystic load.Bloody brilliant.

Anonymous

8 years ago

INCREDIBLE!!!!!!

Anonymous

8 years ago

Thats really one of the best pics in Airliners.net. Absolutely 5*

Anonymous

8 years ago

Awesome colours

Anonymous

8 years ago

This is so the best picture ever and look at the wingtip vortex in the air, very cool.and one more thing i thought that these were called d-c10s but i guess the name was changed?oh well any way great shot.

Anonymous

8 years ago

NICE!

Anonymous

8 years ago

Amazing pic! Best of 2010! Congratulations!!

Anonymous

8 years ago

Great lighting, color, composition.

Anonymous

8 years ago

Awesome! This is breathtaking.

Anonymous

8 years ago

The atmosphere and lighting is breathtaking. You have absolutely captured pure beauty in life all in one shot. Congratulations on aviation masterpiece!

Anonymous

8 years ago

Wow!! amazing

Anonymous

8 years ago

Nice picture! - nice colors, nice...

Anonymous

8 years ago

Amazing shot! The lighting and color make it almost look like a painting!

Anonymous

8 years ago

Touchdown wonder ! what camera and lens ?

Anonymous

8 years ago

Fantastic Shot

Anonymous

8 years ago

Amazing...

Anonymous

8 years ago

I'm already more than 15 minutes enjoying such beauty photo - every detail - and also thinking about what words should I use to praise, but I think it is not necessary ... Just gather all the written comments below. You deserve at least 100 stars!

Anonymous

8 years ago

Nature and human knowledge at their best in this shot!

Anonymous

8 years ago

Absolutely beautiful. This is one of the best photos I've seen not only at A.Net but one of the best shots ever. Kudos!

Anonymous

8 years ago

One of the best. Undoubtely.

Anonymous

8 years ago

Amazing photo. Every shade of orange and red possible in one beautiful composition. Perfect

Anonymous

8 years ago

Simply amazing

Anonymous

8 years ago

This photo is perfect as a movie poster! LOVE it!

-xXShadowLugiaXx (SL)

Anonymous

8 years ago

Simply amazing! Kiitos!

Anonymous

8 years ago

Awsome!! The plane, the sun, the weather..it´s all!!

Anonymous

8 years ago

Excellent shot!

Anonymous

8 years ago

Beautiful

Anonymous

8 years ago

Incredible colors!

Anonymous

8 years ago

Just pure awesome

Anonymous

8 years ago

Excellent!!!!

Anonymous

7 years ago

Speechless

Anonymous

7 years ago

This is heaven...stunning, marvelous aircraft shots with marvelous lighting..

Anonymous

7 years ago

Wow! This is fantastic! A true work of art!

Anonymous

7 years ago

This is THE BEST photo on airliners.net. It is impossible to put to words the perfection of so many elements!

Anonymous

7 years ago

More than perfect, it´s a surreal picture!

Anonymous

7 years ago

Fantastic!

Anonymous

7 years ago

Beautiful !

Anonymous

7 years ago

... I,m speechless...

Anonymous

7 years ago

What beautiful colors and nice timing, just before landing; excellent with vortex !!!

Anonymous

7 years ago

Can anyone tell me where the Ten Stars button is? I don't see it on the page. Surely Airliners.net has a ten stars button for photos of this caliber, right?

Anonymous

7 years ago

This has my vote for all time best photo on Airliners.net. LOOK at it. It has everything from the wake vortex to the ground effect blowing the snow at the sides of the runway. And look at the Sun sitting on top of that antenna. It looks like the plane landed just as an atom bomb went off at White Sands.

Anonymous

7 years ago

This picture has captured a view that just recreates a perfect ending of the day. Great ensemble of all the elements. Great!

Anonymous

7 years ago

Nice sunset!

Anonymous

7 years ago

You should write a "how to" -book on this stuff, Mikko. Great material you produce! You can see the weight of the plane in this photo.

Anonymous

7 years ago

AMAZING! 5*

Anonymous

7 years ago

Is it true? I´m open mouth... 50 stars [Mrvsk]

Anonymous

7 years ago

It takes time to believe it is a photo, not a painting. Above and beyond average, a very rare five stars ***** picture.

Anonymous

7 years ago

My new Wallpaper! Simply amazing. 5*

Anonymous

7 years ago

The MD just landed in Heaven. Ten stars!

Anonymous

7 years ago

Oh my goodness--this can't be real. Look at those beautiful spirals! This is one of the best pictures I've ever seen :)

Anonymous

7 years ago

That is one amazing picture. Looks almost too good to be real. Mikko, you´re an artist.

Anonymous

7 years ago

The strobe light on the tower is the biggest and brightest ever! :^)

Anonymous

7 years ago

A truly unique photo! The light and composition are peerless. I love the fact that you pressed the shutter a second before touch-down so you can see the shadow of the landing gear on the runway. It would have been tempting to wait for the trye smoke. Fantastic!

Anonymous

6 years ago

Wonderful composition and colours - captures the romance of flight!

Anonymous

6 years ago

This is the best picture on anet.

Anonymous

6 years ago

Wow,great pic!Congratulations!

Anonymous

6 years ago

Really Amazing!!!

Anonymous

6 years ago

Absolutely incredible. You were in the right place at the right time :-)

Anonymous

5 years ago

The single best photo on a.net, hands down. Pure brilliance.

Anonymous

5 years ago

This photo is so beautiful, I had to comment again. You stare at this and think of the beauty and moment in time captured. It looks like a beautiful painting to me. Mikko, thanks for braving the cold and giving us this gem of a photo! There is not enough stars to be given for this shot. ***** Wayne C.

Anonymous

5 years ago

Very nice photo

Anonymous

5 years ago

Unbelievable perfection

Anonymous

5 years ago

One thousand and five stars.
Nearly (if not) the best picture here.

Anonymous

5 years ago

This is perhaps the best photo I've seen on here, since viewing photos for many years. It's phenomenally complete; the landscape, lighting, atmospheric effects, and timing. Notice the snow to the sides of the runway (immediately behind the aircraft), follows the pattern of the visible vortices (from flaps) directly above. Fantastic, well done!

Anonymous

5 years ago

This is not a photo.. This is a Art!!

Anonymous

3 years ago

Wow, I can only imagine how long it would take to capture a photograph with such perfection. Everything about this photo is just stunning! Excellent job!

cfair

USA

2 years ago

Is there anyway to purchase this picture in hi-res for printing?