A tourist takes selfies with a drone as he sits on top of the wreckage of a US Navy DC plane that crash landed on a beach in Southern Iceland on November 21, 1973. The place crashed as a result of either low fuel or icing on the engines and all aboard survived. After the crash the Navy stripped the plane of engines and other valuable components but left the main fuselage on the black sand beach near Solheimasandur. Today, due in large part to geotagging from Instagram, the plane is a popular destination for photographers and adventure enthusiasts visiting Iceland.


A tourist takes selfies with a drone as he sits on top of the wreckage of a US Navy DC plane that crash landed on a beach in Southern Iceland on November 21, 1973. The place crashed as a result of either low fuel or icing on the engines and all aboard survived. After the crash the Navy stripped the plane of engines and other valuable components but left the main fuselage on the black sand beach near Solheimasandur. Today, due in large part to geotagging from Instagram, the plane is a popular destination for photographers and adventure enthusiasts visiting Iceland. Many photographers bring drones to capture aerial photos of themselves sitting on top of the plane wreck.†


Size: 6000px × 4000px
Location: SÃġlheimasandur , Southern Iceland, Iceland
Photo credit: © Steele Burrow / Aurora Photos / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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