Looking out of the porthole of an airplane, it is always fascinating to see what the erra looks like from above, with its unexpected geometries and the shapes of lakes, roads and rivers that are hard to imagine from the ground. It is precisely because of this unusual vantage point that aerial photography or photography taken with flying devices is one of the most fascinating, so much so that each year the “Drone Photo Awards” elects the best of the past twelve months in a competition.
Once again this year, the best shots captured by drones, fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles, hot air balloons, blimps, kites and parachutes were voted for by an international jury of photographers and experts.

Tens of thousands of photos participated in the Drone Photo Awards 2022, taken by professional or amateur photographers from a hundred countries, numbers that make the competition the most important worldwide among those dedicated to aerial video and photography.
The shots are divided by categories, from nature and animals to sports and abstract photography. It is interesting to see from the award-winning photos the weight of the human figure in the landscape. The order of boats on the Buriganga River in Bangladesh, or skiers competing in the snows of Szklarska Poręba on the Czech-Polish border, show all the beauty and harmony of human activity embedded in nature.
Winning the Drone Photo Awards 2022 was “Big Bang,” the shot by Frenchman Armand Sarlangue that shows a fissure opened near the crater of the Icelandic volcano Fagradalsfjall. A fissure that appears to lead straight to hell.