The beauty of our world from above

Photographer Alex McLean has created this stunning series of images from aboard his Cessna 182 plane. Being at an altitude of 1,500 meters, he photographed not only fields and forests, but also residential areas, industrial zones, as well as places of recreation and entertainment. The result is a wonderful series that perfectly conveys the beauty of the lines and shapes of our world from a height.

American photographer Alex McLean has been interested in shooting from an airplane for almost four decades, since he received a pilot's license in 1975 and purchased a Cessna 182 aircraft. The photographer really likes to observe how landscapes change, and photographing agricultural land is one of his favorite activities. In total, Alex McLean has already spent more than 6,000 hours on "photo shoots with farmlands".

Jolly Roger is a water park in Ocean City, Maryland, USA.

B-52 bombers at the "cemetery of technology" in Tucson, Arizona, USA.

Vacationers in the pool of Orlando, Florida, USA.

Boats at the pier in Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA.

Drainage and irrigation of the Marias River, Loma, Montana, USA.

The same military equipment cemetery in Tucson, Arizona.

Tomato tracks in a field, north-central Ohio, USA.

Floating round docks in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Flower Fields, Lompoc, California, USA.

Bay in Fremont, California, USA.

Cargo containers in Portsmouth, Virginia, USA.

Bright houses in Burano, Italy.

"Marked territory" in Viareggio, Italy.

A residential neighborhood in the desert, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Oasis of golf in the desert, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Umbrella territory in Camaiore, Tuscany, Italy.

On the roads of Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

A public swimming pool without a public in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Livorno, Italy.

Sunbathing by the pool, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Residential area in Beaverton, Oregon, USA.

An open-pit mine in Baghdad, Arizona, USA.