Drone Photo Award winners capture a dizzyingly fantastic view of the world

 What does our planet look like from the sky?

                                         

The winning images of this year's Drone Photo Awards capture a dizzyingly fantastic view of the world. From high above, a field of bright green grass in Vietnam looks like faux fur – and a frozen reservoir in Kazakhstan resembles shards of broken glass.

The awards, in their fourth year, received entries from 105 countries and 2,900 professional and amateur photographers, says Luca Venturi, contest founder and art director of Siena Awards, a group based in Siena, Italy, that organizes international photo competitions.

The availability of cheaper and better drones over the past few years have helped popularize this style, especially among amateurs, says Ken Geiger, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer and one of this year's judges for the awards. Not only is drone photography "fabulously fun," he adds, "it's an avenue of expression helping us learn things about our planet that we never knew before."

The contest is open to all kinds of aerial photography, not just taken with drones but also blimps, kites, parachutes, helicopters and even hot air balloons.

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