36 incredible drone photos showing the diversity of our planet during the pandemic
Aerial photography helps to see the world from an unexpected angle. And this is how our beautiful planet looks during the global coronavirus epidemic. There will be consequences of the economic crisis, and disregard for the rules of distancing and innovations of the coronavirus era.
The cemetery of cruise ships in the port of Aliaga, Turkey. Ships are being massively scrapped by cruise companies that the coronavirus pandemic has left without customers.
A school of salmon with a shark in the center off the coast of Australia. This picture received the grand Prix of the Drone Awards 2020 competition
The start of construction of a new Tesla plant in Gruyenheide, Germany, near Berlin. Tesla plans to start production of electric vehicles at the site by the summer of 2021. There will be approximately 12,000 jobs at the plant with a capacity of at least 100,000 cars per year.
Sorting potted plants at a flower farm in Taoyang, China.
The audience keeps a social distance at the night viewing as part of the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.
Fields of canola, a variety of rapeseed, in the Australian state of New South Wales are ready for harvesting.
Boats on a dried-up Marble lake in the Turkish province of Manisa. Now only 1.5% of the previous water level remains in the lake due to active use for irrigation and unusually hot weather in the summer season.
Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro is crowded, despite the pandemic. The city authorities allowed staying on the beach and swimming in the sea. However, the use of sun loungers and canopies on the sand is still prohibited, but these rules are ignored.
Salt deposits in the Dead Sea, near Ein Bokeka, Israel.
Swimming on the Ipanema beach at the height of the coronavirus outbreak in Brazil.
Construction of a new Mexico City Airport terminal in the Texcoco suburb was halted two years ago. This summer, an abandoned construction site was flooded by torrential rains.
A woman with a basket walks through a rice field in the city of Tral in southern Kashmir, India.
French artist Saip poses against the background of his giant painting. He painted this land art called "Over the Walls" near the ancient Palatine Gate in Turin. Sayp paints giant paintings in the natural surroundings with biodegradable paints that do not harm the environment.
A dead crocodile in the Transpantaneira National Park in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, where the strongest fires in the history of these regions are raging this fall.
Preparation of arable land for winter near the town of Nagykanizha, Hungary.
Bird's-eye view of Pammukale. Pamukkale is a UNESCO World Heritage Site known for its mineral-rich thermal waters and white travertine terraces.
Lake Cerro near the town of Limpio in Paraguay turned a strange purple color this summer, and the Waltrading SA tannery (bottom right) is to blame for everything. According to Francisco Ferreira, a technician from the laboratory of the National University of Paraguay, the color of the water is due to the presence of heavy metals, such as chromium, commonly used in the leather production process.
Sapsurfing lovers festival "Fontanka-SUP" on the Fontanka River in St. Petersburg.
Britain's first road where cyclists and pedestrians have priority over cars opened in Cambridge in August.
The white beach of Rocignano in Italian Tuscany is full of vacationers.
The festival of balloons "The Sky of Russia" near Ryazan.
The beach in the Albanian Durres, on the Adriatic Sea, in the midst of the August heat. According to the Albanian authorities, tourism in the country has decreased by 66% due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Participants of the international swim across the Bosphorus Strait, organized by the Turkish Olympic Committee in August 2020.
Theatrical drive-in: Spectators watch from cars the performance of the Vertigo dance troupe in Jerusalem during the pandemic.
Worshippers near the Al-Azar Grand Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia.
The last trunks: clearing the Amazon jungle for crops in the Brazilian state of Rondonia.
Social Distance: A crossroads in Tokyo's normally busy shopping district during the pandemic.
A warehouse of watercraft was organized in Dover, on which illegal migrants crossed the English Channel to England.
Collecting water lilies on the Dnieper River in the vicinity of Kiev.
The MV Wakashio ship, which crashed off the coast of Mauritius, as a result of which more than 1,000 tons of fuel poured into the ocean.
Boat market in Manikganj, Bangladesh.
Protests in Belarus.
The results of a powerful explosion in the port of Beirut on August 8, 2020, which killed more than 170 people.
Water park in Guyan City, Guzhou Province, China.
The influx of tourists in Shunhuang National Mountain Park, Hunan Province, China.