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Time Magazine has launched in partnership with Google a Timelapse site to show the impact, in as clear terms as possible, we have had on our planet.
As part of the project there is this gorgeous collection of vibrant landscapes caught from space.
Guinea Bissau
Yukon Delta
Mayn River (Russia)
Kansas
Syrian Desert
Lena Delta (Russia)
Malaspina Glacier (Alaska)
Florida Everglades
Niger River
Dhofar (Oman)
Baltic Sea
The tulip fields in the northern Dutch town of Anna Paulowna were captured dramatically here by French photographer Normann Szkop and Cesna pilot Claython Pender. The whole set over on flickr is pretty great.
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These aerial photos of the rivers in Iceland are absolutely stunning. Russian photog Andre Ermolaev has captured beauty I'd never had seen otherwise. Thank you.
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The aerial cinema experts at Teton Gravity Research release the first ultra HD footage of the Himalayas shot from above 20,000 ft. with the GSS C520 system, the most advanced gyro-stabilized camera system in the world. Filmed from a helicopter with a crew flying from Kathmandu at 4,600 ft. up to 24,000 ft. on supplemental oxygen, these are some of the most stable, crisp, clear aerial shots of these mountains ever released, which include Mt. Everest, Ama Dablam, and Lhotse.
A native of São Paulo, Cássio Vasconcellos has work you've probably seen before, if only the cityscape that graced the poster for hit movie Inception.
His truly outstanding aerial photography is what caught my eye. They almost seem implausibly vast and beautiful.
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Julieanne Kost is able in this set of turning something as unbeautiful as evaporation ponds into images that evoke Rothko's considered color fields.
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From Renato Stockler:
A “terrao" is an oasis in the urban landscape. The reddish tone of a soccer field turns into a stage for the resistance of popular soccer. These fields are increasingly rare to see because of property speculation and land occupation. Some of them have their own football clubs, while others are public spots. Some of them are mainly dirt, while others are of sand and weathered grass. But they are a breath for the hard daily life of those who live in the outskirts of Sao Paulo. These fields show the urgency for public and communal places to practice sports, a portrait of those who fight for leisure in a city as Sao Paulo. Colored and powerful in the face of the greyish scenario, these fields are a solid basis of soccer’s spirit in Brasil. It’s not hard to find friends, relatives, adults and children cheering together for their local teams. Even through social and political difficulties, a “terrao" shows us the real soccer, far away from a society mediated by powerful media groups. The rawness of a “terrao"can't be fitted as a media spectacle.
Hong Kong-based landscape architect CoolBieRe takes some stunning aerial photographs of cityscapes and skylines, including these of Yokohama, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Istanbul.
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Photographer Antoine Rose in his series Up in the Air Miami captures the patterns from the rail of a helicopter.
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Kite Aerial Photography is a surprisingly powerful way to capture intimate aerial photography.
German photographer Dietmar Eckell trekked to 15 remote plane wrecks (each crash was completely free of fatalities) for his project “Happy End” capturing these images of the fuselages anywhere from 10-70 years after the fact.
His indigogo project to turn this series into a glossy book are well underway.
We've seen Vasconcellos' Brazilian Scenes from the Air before, but here is a stunning video from his vantage point.
While just a year or two ago, flying a quadrotor by remote to capture stunning aerial shots was the purview of specialists, now the DJI Phantom Aerial UAV Drone Quadcopter for GoPro is available to everyone. Just because anyone can, doesn't mean everyone will do it well. Game on.
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Apparently a camera disguised as an egg was too tempting for this bird of prey ( a striated caracara ) who snatches it from a penguin colony, and flying off, only to accidentally catch this amazing aerial shot in the process.
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Photographer Zack Seckler flying in an ultra-light just a few hundred feet off the ground takes these awesome photos of the wildlife for his series Botswana.
He explains: "it was like gliding over an enormous painting and being able to create brushstrokes at will. Flying 100 feet over herds of wild animals in a plane with no windows was an unforgettable experience. I was privy to views and perspectives that very few get to see. As a photographer, I was humbled. I’m always thinking about new ways to view the world. This series quite literally changed my view, showing me that simple changes can create profound results."
Gerco de Ruijter attaches a camera to a kite to get these close-up aerial shots.
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Male, Capital of the Maldives
There is a great set of 39 fantastic aerial shots over at All That's Interesting . Here are some of my favorites.
The tent city in Mecca during the Hajj
Fort Bourtange in the Netherlands
Capetown South Africa
Clay Folden used a DJI Phantom quadcopter and a GoPro to shoot these views of Los Angeles (Hollywood, Silverlake and Venice).
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YouTube user questpact used his DJI Phantom quad-copter and GoPro Hero 3 to create this stunning aerial tour of Niagara Falls.
