Stunning bird's eye view of Earth

Stunning bird's eye view of Earth

Categories: Aerophoto

More and more photographers are shooting landscapes and landscapes with drones and aircraft to capture our planet from the most unimaginable angles. These amazing aerial shots literally flooded the National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest. Every year, hundreds of photographers, both amateurs and professionals, take part in this photo tournament, which ends on June 30th. We have collected the best competitive works, united by the theme "from a bird's eye view".

(Total 10 photos)

Stunning bird's eye view of Earth

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Stunning bird's eye view of Earth

1. The Netherlands.

Tulip fields near the town of Voorhout from a bird's eye view. (ANDERS ANDERSSON / NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER PHOTO CONTEST)

Stunning bird's eye view of Earth

2. Brazil.

A surfer on the famous Mole beach in the Brazilian city of Florianopolis. (CHRIS SCHMID / NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER PHOTO CONTEST)

Stunning bird's eye view of Earth

3. USA.

Salt marshes in Northern California from a height of 120 meters. (ANDREI D. / NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER PHOTO CONTEST)

Stunning bird's eye view of Earth

4. Botswana.

African elephants in the Okavango River. There is a wide variety of wild animals here. Elephants, buffaloes, hippos, impalas, zebras, wildebeests, lions, leopards, cheetahs and crocodiles are just some of the local inhabitants. (GASTON PICCINETTI / NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER PHOTO CONTEST)

Stunning bird's eye view of Earth

5. USA.

A frozen river in Alaska from a height of 11.5 thousand meters. (JIJIAN FAN / NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER PHOTO CONTEST)

Stunning bird's eye view of Earth

6. Indonesia.

Fog in Chemoro Lawang at dawn. (ACHMAD SUMAWIJAYA / NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER PHOTO CONTEST)

Stunning bird's eye view of Earth

7. USA.

Coen Lake, Mojave Desert, California. (JASSEN T. / NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER PHOTO CONTEST)

Stunning bird's eye view of Earth

8 Australia

People swim in a natural pool on the coast near Sydney. (STUART CHAPE / NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER PHOTO CONTEST)

Stunning bird's eye view of Earth

9. USA.

Salt flats in Northern California. (ANDREI D. / NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER PHOTO CONTEST)

Stunning bird's eye view of Earth

10. Australia.

The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef in the world with over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 coral islands. (ABDULLAH ALBAKER / NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER PHOTO CONTEST)

Keywords: National Geographic | Landscapes | From above

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