20 dizzying views from a height
Treat yourself to a selection of photos taken from a bird's-eye view. There is nothing unusual about them, but at the same time they are truly amazing. From this angle, familiar objects look completely different.
The photo shows trucks turning off the trans-Amazon highway onto the BR-163 road in Campo Verde, near Itaituba, Para State, Brazil. Cut through the jungle during the military dictatorship in Brazil in the 1970s, these roads were built to subordinate nature to the will of man. Four decades have passed, cars are on the roads, the forests around have been cut down, and local residents fear that progress may bypass them.
This aerial photo shows a snow-covered farm in Rudd, Iowa. The blizzard swept most of the Midwest and prevented thousands of people from traveling both by land and by air.
Christmas trees are being harvested at Hole Park in Cranbrook, England. On the eve of the holiday, thousands of trees are cut down in Hole Park, which are then transported around the south-east of England. The trees are grown especially for sale for Christmas. Among them are Norwegian, blue, Serbian spruce and Nordman fir. After the coniferous trees are planted, it takes many years and careful care for them to grow to the desired shape and size. The fir trees begin to be cut in early November, preparing for the Christmas season.
In the photo taken from a bird's-eye view by a drone, you can see the Kivalina, located on the edge of the Barrier Reef, which is located between the lagoon and the Chukchi Sea. This photo was taken in the town of Kivalina, Alaska. The place is located 133 km north of the Arctic Circle. Kivalina and several other local coastal settlements in Alaska are suffering from warming in the Arctic, which has led to the disappearance of sea ice that protects the coastline of the island from storm waves and coastal erosion. Residents of Kivalina hope that they will not have to flee from the harsh nature. They want to stay on their ancestral lands and preserve the culture.
City administrator Colleen Swan says that with climate change, people's lifestyle will change, and local residents will have to adapt. Previously, climate change forced them to constantly migrate. But now, the official says, given the scale of the problem, people can only hope that the rest of the world will be able to allow Northerners to maintain their traditional way of life.
The photo shows the Lake Borgne Surge Barrier channel, which took $ 1.1 billion to build. The photo was taken in New Orleans, Louisiana. This huge structure was built by the Army Corps of Engineers together with other units to protect the city of New Orleans from possible hurricanes and storms.
The non-profit environmental organization SouthWings, which participated in the project, includes volunteer pilots who advocate for the restoration and protection of ecosystems. The organization provides an opportunity for public leaders, researchers, politicians and media representatives to fly regularly.
Trees in an autumn forest in Hildesheim County, Hall, Lower Saxony, Germany.
In Hanover (Germany), the tram, turning around, travels along the tracks forming a loop. Millions of federal subsidies are allocated annually for railway communication in Lower Saxony.
The excursion boat follows a natural maze formed by a reed in the delta of the Dalyan River, in the Ortac district in the southwestern Turkish province of Mugla. In recent years, the Dalyan Canal, consisting of reeds, swamps, fresh and salt water, has attracted the attention of tourists. Dolmush boats, which take tourists along the Dalyan Canal, take tourists from the Koichegiz and Ortacha areas to Iztuzu beach, allowing them to watch herons among the reeds, turtles and mullet.
A handout picture provided by the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom, which shows the aircraft of the aerobatic team of the British Royal Air Force Red Arrows. During the flight, they leave red, white and blue traces in the air. On the flight along the Hudson River, the pilots were joined by Thunder Birds from the US Air Force and other USAF aircraft, including the 5th generation F‑35 and F‑22 Raptor. The picture was taken on the eve of the New York Air Show.
Now the Royal Air Force Red Arrows aerobatic team is taking part in the WESTERNHAWK exercises, which take place on the territory of Canada and the United States.
A swimming pool designed by Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos has been unveiled at Jupiter Artland Sculpture Park in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Tourists view lotus flowers while the former Gobi Desert turns into a tourist attraction, or, Xinjiang, China.
Intricate tire tracks in a Cambridge parking lot were left by racing drivers maneuvering around lampposts. They were captured by a drone.
Sea of flowers at Dafeng Holland in Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province, China.
This aerial photo shows people walking on a heart-shaped bridge at Salt Lake Chaka, Mongolian-Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Haixi, Qinghai Province, China.
People are rafting in a rubber inflatable boat through rapid rapids in the Koprukayili Kepryul Canyon in the Antalya region of Manavgat, Turkey. Antalya, the capital of tourism, attracts tourists from all over the world with its sun, beaches, history and culture. In addition, it offers rafting for guests who crave adventure and adrenaline. Rafting is the preferred type of active recreation in Koprukai in the Kepryulu Canyon National Park. The city is hot, and the rafting season is open in the icy waters flowing from the highlands.
The Pallada training frigate, launched in the Pacific Ocean in Vladivostok after repairs at the Pervomaisk Shipyard. The hull of the ship was cleaned and repainted, masts, decks and cabins were repaired. In November 2019, the frigate sailed around the world, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the discovery of Antarctica and the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
The first Turkish military drone landed at Gecitkale Airport. Armed Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles stationed at the Naval Air Base in the Turkish part of the Aegean Sea of Dalaman landed at 10 a.m. after receiving a green signal from the government of the country.
This aerial photo shows people gathered around a bonfire during the torch festival in Bijie, southwest China's Guizhou Province.
This aerial photo shows tourists boating among the trees in the Luyanghu Lake Wetland Park in Yangzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province.
A road bridge crossing the icy Yellow River in Shenyang, China.