Strange Planet: Runway Beach

Published March 25, 2011

Don’t adjust your monitor. This is not an emergency landing. At Maho Beach on the Caribbean island of Sint Maarten, beach goers get an up-close-and-personal view of 747 planes landing at the neighboring airport. Our friends at BoingBoing recap what it’s like to sunbathe on a runway.

Photo: Asa Jernigan/My Shot

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