17 Incredible Drone Photos from Around the World in 2015

17 Incredible Drone Photos from Around the World in 2015

Drone photography captures amazing images that would’ve previously gone unseen with a conventional camera. One of these hi-tech devices, flying over cities and secluded landscapes, offers a different perspective on places both familiar and foreign.

They have the incredible ability to make the world feel massive—with views of never-ending oceans and giant volcanoes—yet equally as tiny—an urban sprawl, shot from above, shows just how densely populated some areas of the planet really are.

Above: Above the mist, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
Photo credit: Ricardo Matiello

17 Incredible Drone Photos from Around the World in 2015

Lost island, Tahaa, French Polynesia
Photo credit: Marama Photo Video

17 Incredible Drone Photos from Around the World in 2015Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Photo credit: Alexandre Salem

17 Incredible Drone Photos from Around the World in 2015Al Marmoum Race Track, Dubai, UAE
Photo credit: Shoayb

17 Incredible Drone Photos from Around the World in 2015Above Xiwei Reservoir in Zoucheng, Shandong, China
Photo credit: AmbroseLune

17 Incredible Drone Photos from Around the World in 2015Church, Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Photo credit: Alexandre Salem

17 Incredible Drone Photos from Around the World in 2015Bali Barat National Park, Indonesia
Photo credit: capungaero

Glorieta Rodolfo Sanchez Taboada, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Photo credit: w00tsor

Mont Saint Michel, Normandy, France
Photo credit: wanaiifilms

17 Incredible Drone Photos from Around the World in 2015Turgoyak, Miass, Russian Federation
Photo credit: Maksim Tarasov

17 Incredible Drone Photos from Around the World in 2015Coral garden in the lagoon of Taha'a, French Polynesia
Photo credit: Marama Photo Video

17 Incredible Drone Photos from Around the World in 2015Ceking ricefield in Tegalalang, Bali
Photo credit: idronesia

17 Incredible Drone Photos from Around the World in 2015Foggy Dhaka, Bangladesh
Photo credit: Zayedh

17 Incredible Drone Photos from Around the World in 2015Amalfi Bay, Italy
Photo credit: Dronarium

17 Incredible Drone Photos from Around the World in 2015Soda Lake Maar Volcano
Photo credit: JackFreer

17 Incredible Drone Photos from Around the World in 2015Hidden Lake, Washington, USA
Photo credit: eringer

17 Incredible Drone Photos from Around the World in 2015Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Photo credit: IceFire

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