From Above - African Portfolio by Photographer George Steinmetz

The amazing African portfolio of photographer George Steinmetz is a selection of photos taken from a bird's eye view. Few people have seen such Africa - bewitching, mysterious and beautiful.

Elephants at Amboseli Lake in the Amboseli National Park in Kenya. (George Steinmetz)

The remote village of Arowan between Timbuktu and Taodenni in the Sahara desert. (George Steinmetz)

Salt mines in Niger. (George Steinmetz)

Market for brushwood and firewood in Djenne, Mali. (George Steinmetz)

Bartaga village on the Niger River in Mali. (George Steinmetz)

Rare snowfall in the Ziz Gorge in Morocco. (George Steinmetz)

Seal colony in Namibia. (George Steinmetz)

Caravans in Fahi, Niger. (George Steinmetz)

Salt Range in the Chalbi Desert, Kenya. (George Steinmetz)

Suburban sands of Nouakchott in Mauritania. (George Steinmetz)

Sand peaks in the Kamasi Valley, Chad. (George Steinmetz)

Zebras and witch circles at the Namib Rand Nature Reserve in Namibia. (George Steinmetz)

Sand peaks in the Kamasi Valley, Chad. (George Steinmetz)

Self-portrait with a hunter in the Ituri Forest, Zaire, June 1979. (George Steinmetz)

Paragliding over Arakaou, Niger. (George Steinmetz)

Maasai herders appearing after landing on Lake Natron, Kenya. (George Steinmetz)

Fishing village near Nouakchott, Mauritania. (George Steinmetz)

The shadow of an airplane on Lake Natron in Tanzania. (George Steinmetz)

Moving mega dunes in the Namib National Park in Namibia. (George Steinmetz)

Terraced fields in Rwanda. (George Steinmetz)

View of the slums of Nouakchott, Mauritania. (George Steinmetz)

Part of the Cape Flats in Cape Town, South Africa. (George Steinmetz)

Church of Bet Goorgis in Laliba, Ethiopia. (George Steinmetz)