18th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
Sólheimasandur plane wreckage

The famous Sólheimasandur plane wreckage is a site that most Iceland visitors make time to go see. This plane has been sitting here since it crashed back in November of 1973. Four decades later it is a huge tourist site where even some famous singers have used it in their music videos.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2019
Date Uploaded: 11.2020
Photo Location: Sólheimasandur, Iceland
Camera: Canon EOS 6D Mark II
Copyright: © Lauren Wong