Drones have enabled us to zoom into the sky and get up - airless and personal with some of Earth ’s most spectacular , and sometimes perilous , natural events and landscape . From weaving around active volcano to whizz in on a polar bear town , or simply getting up high enough to really take in the view , they have brought a whole new slant of picture taking to the table .
The Drone Photo Awardsrecognize some of the finest and most staggering images in the business organization and recently announced their succeeder for 2022 . Take a look at some of our highlights from the rival and get a gustatory modality for what the spectacular images really show .
The above photo , Feast , was take in the South Luangwa National Park , Zambia , by lensman Igor Altuna . In it , we see the bloated remains of a dead river horse , which has become a sizable meal for a group of crocodile in the Luangwa River .
Big Bang by Armand Sarlangue. Image credit: The Drone Photo Awards 2022
Photo Of The Year was awarded to Armand Sarlangue for Big Bang , which shows a secondary fissure encounter off the independent crater of Fagradalsfjall volcano , Iceland . The Sauron - like arrangement represents the very last igneous phase angle . As if flying around red-hot rock and roll is n’t already tumultuous enough , Sarlangue also had to battle with rainwater and impregnable air current during a tempest that hit west Iceland when this shaft was taken .
While the deed of conveyance of this beautiful shot might seem like irony , it ’s actually a nod to the explosion crater ’s name Ljótipollur , which literally means ugly pool . Found in the south Highlands of Iceland in the Fjallabak Nature Reserve , it ’s surrounded by colorful rhyolite mountains and blistering springs . The red is lava rock , which stand in contrast to the flora grow in the region .
This is a drone view of Cuejdel lake , the largest landslip dam in Romania , which can be discover in Carpathian Forest . Trees that once stood on state are now besiege by water , which is why half of those in this image look as if they ’re trap in frappe .
Ugly Puddle by Marek Biegalski. Image credit: The Drone Photo Awards
Behold , a haven sealskin sitting upon a large ice pancake . Ice disks , as they ’re also known , form when the water system ’s surface starts to free but is prevented from forming a square icing canvas due to wake and tide activity . The resultant role is lump of ice slap into each other , finally polish out into perfect frosty pancakes .
Nothing certify the sheer size of a gloomy heavyweight quite like a scale leaf banana tree in the strain of a sister one . These cetacean are n’t just the big animals on Earth , they ’re also the largest to have ever existed . Despite their outrageousness , commercial whaling has threatened their universe but following a proscription , the universe is increase for the first time .
Another volcanic Icelandic stab comes from the Reykjanes peninsula which was fall upon by thousands of seism in the tip up to an eruption . Then , at 8:45 pm on March 19 , 2021 , the level of the Geldigadalir vale succumbed to magmatic imperativeness and ripped capable , freeing slews of molten rock music .
Yin and Yang by Gheorghe Popa. Image credit: The Drone Photo Awards
A drone zooming over a yearling polar bear shows it grappling with fresh ice during a play session with its sibling in which the young bears were jumping in and out of the urine . It take five month to secure the shot , which Ledoux expend in a distant camp on the east coast of Svalbard .
Back in Iceland again ( what can we say , it really is a great spot for drone photography ) this time for the dramatic coloration of the Highlands landscape . soar above the ground , Trustup was inspired to call this scene Fertility in reference to the elan vital of the landscape rich in water , grass , and flourish verdure .
These foreign float islands are called " phumdis " and are unique to Loktak Lake in northeastern India . The floating masse shot of botany consist of vegetation , soil , and constitutional matter in various states of decomposition , with a squishy Earth’s surface that ’s bouncy like a trampoline . A bit like crisphead lettuce , only a small amount of their full mass is visible , with 80 percent sit below the open .
Harbor Seal on Ice by Francisco Urena. Image credit: The Drone Photo Awards
This tree is n’t actually a tree , but the journey of piss inland from a rootage at the bottom of the photo . Photographer Gomez traced on its “ branches ” to enhance the visual caper .
This contrasting shot shows the stop at which a glacial river meets the Atlantic Ocean . The many direction of the flowing H2O be the unlike flows of pee coming off the glacier in , you guessed it , Iceland .
See more winning shots fromThe Drone Photo Awards 2022 .
Blue by Fernando O’farrill. Image credit: The Drone Photo Awards
Volcano in the clouds by Luis Manuel Vilariño Lopez. Image credit: The Drone Photo Awards
Learning life by Florian Ledoux. Image credit: The Drone Photo Awards
Fertility by Christian Trustrup. Image credit: The Drone Photo Awards
Floating islands by Aakash Selvan. Image credit: The Drone Photo Awards
The Tree by Jose Pesquero Gomez. Image credit: The Drone Photo Awards
Let Me Out by Daniel Franc. Image credit: The Drone Photo Awards
