30+ Most Astounding Aerial Photographs You’ll Ever See

You’ve probably seen photos of these beautiful places before. But perhaps you’d want to see them again – this time, from a couple of hundred feet up. This collection of breathtaking aerial shots will give you a refreshing view of some of the planet’s most picturesque places. Enjoy!

 
1. This amazing aerial photograph captures the fascinating design of the Eixample district of Barcelona.

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2. Fort Bourtange in the Netherlands

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3. Glacial river, Iceland

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4. Lake Natron, Tanzania

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5. Over 2 million pilgrims occupy this make-shift tent city outside of Mecca during Hajj.

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6. An amazing aerial view of Amsterdam and it’s canal system.

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7. Blue Dragon River, Portugal

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8. An aerial photograph of the Loos-Hulluch trench systems in World War 1. British trench lines are on the left, German trench lines are on the right.

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9. Scotsdale, Arizona

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10. Terraced rice fields in Yunna, China

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11. Central Park, New York City

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12. Male, the capital of the Maldives.

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13. Tulip fields in the Netherlands

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14. Vancouver, Canada

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15. Victoria Falls

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16. Bern, Switzerland

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17. San Francisco, California

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18. New York City, New York

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19. Sao Paola

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20. Cemetery in Verdun, France

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21. The Amazon River

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22. Glastonbury Festival in 2013

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23. An aerial photograph of Manhattan and Queens, New York

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24. Mexico City, Mexico

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25. Aerial photography of New York City at night

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26. Bath, England

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27. Hong Kong, China

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28. Jeju Island, South Korea

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29. London, United Kingdom

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30. Another photograph of a river in Iceland.

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31. Two fields: one has been recently harvested, the other awaits harvesting

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32. Glastonbury Festival held in Somerset, England

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33. The Grand Canyon from outer space

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34. Maze, location unknown

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35. Red Rocks Amphitheater, Colorado

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36. An aerial photograph of Burning Man 2013.

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37. Cape Town, South Africa

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38. The suburbs outside of Copenhagen, Denmark

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39. Disneyland, 1962

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