Earth at 200kph by Oscar Sobrino

Monday, 18th February 2008

Earth at 200kph

by Oscar Sobrino

Oscar Sobrino

Pictures of my travels

24 Comments

Andreea Teodorescu Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 7:31 am
Spectacular !
David Doe Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 7:32 am
WOW! The photo alone is awesome but to think that the guy holding the camera was either falling themselves or at very least dangling from the door of a plane…..Well done!!
Reuben Chircop Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 8:10 am
Thats a great shot, I am sure that was not an easy shot.
dapascha Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 8:30 am
Looks like Lake Taupo in New Zealand… But is Oscar the guy under the camera-helmet or the guy under the tandem-jumper?
Pauline Jones Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 10:04 am
What a great place to travel; this must be a unique shot.
Oscar Sobrino Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
I can’t believe i did that!!!!
Sara Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
this is amazing! you can see the curvature of the earth and everything, brilliant, well done.
Renee Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Wow! Very incredible! Nice shot
Eileen Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Weird! How would a person get high enough to take a picture of the curveture of the earth and be able to shoot this shot. I am sorry but without explaintion??????????? I don’t get it!!!!!!!!!!! Our earth looks to small? EZ
charles Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
i agree with eileen , there is something very strange on this picture, the curveture of the earth is not natural… those guys are too close from the ground !
anyway that’s a nice pic but need some technical details
Matt Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Nice shot - great composition especially given the conditions!
Eileen, I don’t think that is the curvature of the earth but rather the distortion created by a fisheye type lens.
Josh Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Has to be fisheye for that shot, but what an effect it has. Really amazing picture though.
Stine Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
I tried this tandem-jump, actually over Lake Taupo in New Zealand, where another man jumped next to us with a camera with a fisheye lens on his helmet. It must be the same in this picture.
Tom Brooklyn Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Cool use of a fisheye to bend the horizon.

Where on earth was this taken? Please specify.
Eileen Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
With a fisheye lens the whole picture would look curved?? Oh well! EZ
Rama Raju Says:
February 19th, 2008 at 2:29 am
Such a daring dive !
Anurag Says:
February 19th, 2008 at 9:10 am
What a wonderful effect created by the extreme wide angle/fisheye lens. Makes the earth looks like a much smaller sphere than it really is.
Note the settlement below and how it has destroyed the green cover of the earth.
a. Says:
February 20th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
How did you breathe? Wonderful shot though!
Earthlover Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 1:10 am
I thought this was a picture of a spider dangling from its web when I first glanced at it! I couldn’t believe it was a real person. Too Cool!
Srirama Raja Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 10:46 am
Really cool. Good picture. I wish I could do this someday.
max Says:
February 22nd, 2008 at 5:14 am
Wow, that’s awesome. Must be a wide angle lens because the earth doesn’t really curve like that. Were you parachuting, hangliding, or what?
Sue Gagnon Says:
February 23rd, 2008 at 11:55 pm
Holy WOW!! DITTO on ALL!!! Fantastic view…;)
Pieter -sAner- van der Horst Says:
February 29th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
Great shot! I love the major barrel distortion on this one. Great compo.
yasmin Says:
October 19th, 2008 at 12:07 am
breathe-taking! This is AMAZING.