Over the weekend we got a glimpse of a photographer elusively snapping portraits of unknowing flight passengers waiting to depart, but today the camera is in the hands of flyers from within the airplane. Having spotted a large collection of these sorts of aerial shots on Twisted Sifter, we knew we had to share a selection of some of the most astounding. These set of photos make us gasp in awe at the magnificent colors, patterns, and textures found on the earth's surface, as seen from up in the air. It's truly breathtaking to witness the beauty of the earth's various landscapes that never ceases to amaze us.
What makes each aerial shot all the more surreal is how each frame has an extended wing or turbine engine peeking in. It feels as though we're seeing these shots from an airplane window ourselves. It's thanks to Flickr groups like From the Airplane Window and Window Seat Please, not to mention thousands of shutterbugs sharing their remarkable captures, that we're all able to travel to such great heights from the comfort of our internet-enabled devices. This is what we call a visual staycation.
Top photo by antony51 over Wake Island, Hawaii
Photo by robep on a trip from Stansted to Tallinn
Photo by Charlie Gilbert over Doha, Qatar
Photo by Simon Morris over Greenland
Photo by Yvon Maurice over Washington
Photo by Mark Shaiken over Kansas
Photo by Sidney Gomez over Madrid, Spain
Photo by Yvon Maurice over Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Photo by Passenger32A over Phuket, Thailand
Photo by Eugene Delaney over Anguilla in the Caribbean
Photo by Philippe Clairo over Central Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada
Photo by Bob Horowitz over Mt. Rainier in Washington
Photo by Yama Tomo over Hokkaido, Japan
Photo by Karen Blumberg over New York City
Photo by fksr over Los Angeles
via [Twisted Sifter]
