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Beni Isguen
by George Steinmetz


Aerial view of Beni Isguen, the most conservative and exquisitly preserved of the ancient hill towns in Ghardaia, Algeria, a World Heritage Site. Laid out like a mosaic, the residents carefully maintain their antique pastel-painted homes, which often feature a walled roof-top ar...

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In the Age of Aviation
by Jassen Todorov


I managed to capture this image of an airplane landing on runway 28 at San Francisco airport while I was flying my aircraft. With almost 56 million passengers per year, San Francisco's International Airport is the seventh-busiest in the US.

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Cadíz City
by Milan Radisics


The urban architecture of the Andalusian city emerges in all its beauty, marked by the vivacity of the colors and the narrow streets that protect citizens from the strong winds that blow all year round.

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Summer Colors
by Seby Scollo


The magnificent colors of a summer firework show, enhance the night view of a typical Sicilian medieval village.

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Geometry of the Sun
by Enrico Pescantini


Teotihuacan pyramid, the third-largest of Earth, is dedicated to the god of Sun, and its geometrical perfection can only inspire admiration for the civilization that build it. Its grandeur is even greater compared with the tiny dots of humanity in the frame.

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Waltz of Overpass
by Ming Li


Only an aerial view is able to show the absolute symmetry of an overpass that fits perfectly among the colors of the surrounding flowerbeds.

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Kutupalong
by Azim Khan Ronnie


In the Kutupalong refugee camp, the largest in the world, thousands of makeshift homes host more than one million Rohingya refugees fleeing violence and barbarism.

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Mont Saint Michel
by Deryk Baumgärtner


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War Cemetery
by Franco Cappellari


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Thunderstorm in St. Petersburg
by Anton Galakhov


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The Metropolis of the Dead
by Songquan Deng


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Soldier Field BlizzardNov2018
by Jamie Link


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Skyscrapers and Fall Foliage in Central Park
by > Joson


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Newark Airport 11 Terminal A
by Jeffrey Milstein


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Larnianone Sunset
by Ben Gunsberger


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Metropolis
by Dengrong Gan


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by Marcin Giba


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by Marcin Giba


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Farmland
by > Joson


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Ecological homestead
by Lianhua Zhang


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Axonometry
by Grzegorz Tatar


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Arc de Triumph
by Bachir Moukarzel


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Winding path
by Xiangrui Diao


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