Sometimes an image is just too beautiful not to have as an IotD. This one from MSNBC. The craft is basically a parachute with an engine on it, one of the safest kinds of aircraft I would imagine. If the engine fails you become a skydiver.
Apparently this one took off just after a thunderstorm and near dusk, which provided the backdrop of clouds and colors. I would expect the photographer bumped up the color saturation a little...