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Chengming Liu / The 2nd International Aerial Photographer of the Year
Emerald Waves at Dusk. Captured above the rolling hills of San Jose, California, at golden hour, this image reveals the Diablo Range at its greenest after winter rains, highlighting smooth contours and flowing patterns.
Michiko Kimura / The 2nd International Aerial Photographer of the Year
Arctic Pulse Sámi Reindeer Migration. From above, a migration becomes a living heartbeat with more than 2,000 reindeer flowing northward across Finnmark, Norway. Guided by Sámi herders and ancient instinct, this seasonal movement reflects a rhythm older than borders, where survival and culture move as one.
Dylan De Haas / The 2nd International Aerial Photographer of the Year
Electric Blue. Rockingham, Western Australia. Two Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins glide through impossibly clear blue water, their bodies suspended above shifting sand patterns. The vivid tones and flowing textures turn a quiet moment into something almost surreal.
Alexandra Moldovan / The 2nd International Aerial Photographer of the Year
Basking in Divine Light. Views on a moody morning over the treetops of Denmark. This light and atmosphere allowed the photographer to create a graphical, geometrically pleasing image with the sunbeams pushing through the treetops.
Thibault Gerbaldi / The 2nd International Aerial Photographer of the Year
Aarti Under the Stars. Each night in Varanasi, India, several thousand people gather to attend the Ganga Aarti, an ancient ceremony. Population pressures lead many devotees to follow the prayer from the Ganges itself aboard tightly packed boats.
Cédric Tamani / The 2nd International Aerial Photographer of the Year
Magadi Dream. Picture taken from a helicopter, Lake Magadi, Kenya
Zhengze Xu / The 2nd International Aerial Photographer of the Year
Oryx Walking on Dune. Taken from a helicopter in the Namib Desert, Namibia. It was late afternoon and sunset was beautiful, illuminating dunes with golden color and amazing shadow lines. This single oryx was walking on the dunes with its shadow and footprints.
Laszlo Siman / The 2nd International Aerial Photographer of the Year
Vineyard. A picture taken at dawn in spring in a vineyard in the Czech Republic. The cold mist colored the surface of the earth, and in some places the ground was still frozen.
Jiri Kostal / The 2nd International Aerial Photographer of the Year
Dead Man Walking. Self-portrait on a frozen pond
Yau Tat Hui / The 2nd International Aerial Photographer of the Year
Night of the Century. A tragic photo; more than 100 residents died.
Abhijeet Sawant / The 2nd International Aerial Photographer of the Year
Embrace of the Sky. In this aerial panorama of Iceland, a gentle rainbow arcs across the sky, casting soft hues over dark slopes and deep-blue waters. A lone road winds toward distant shores in perfect, breathless harmony.
Dylan De Haas / The 2nd International Aerial Photographer of the Year
Circle of Life. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. A tiger shark carries a green turtle in its jaws, revealing a rarely witnessed moment of predation. Predator and prey meet at the surface, exposing the raw tension and ecological reality that sustains ocean balance.
Judith Kuhn / The 2nd International Aerial Photographer of the Year
Maloja. Fascinating from above: the serpentines of the Maloja Pass. Shortly before, it had snowed intensely for a few days and the larches had not yet completely shed their autumn dress.
Fabio Pappalettera / The 2nd International Aerial Photographer of the Year
Tumbling White Horse. The photographer was riding in northeast Italy and catching some stills of a wonderful white horse, when suddenly he rolled over to scratch his back, raising the dust—and the epic moment was frozen forever.
Cody Roberts / The 2nd International Aerial Photographer of the Year
Event Horizon. Like the Greek hero Icarus who soared too close to the sun, approaching the boundary beyond which nothing escapes, how close can you get? A USGS aircraft soars next to the historic eruption of Mauna Loa on Hawaii in 2022.
Peter O’Hara / The 2nd International Aerial Photographer of the Year
Cloud City Mount Yanapaccha. Mount Yanapaccha; 17,913 feet; Peru. Photographers stood on the summit early in the morning above a sea of clouds and sent the drone up into a magnificent sunrise. Surrounded by three dramatic peaks, it was one of those rare moments that felt almost surreal.
Sanghamitra Sarkar / The 2nd International Aerial Photographer of the Year
Wari. Second-place winner. A gathering of Warkaris during Maharashtra’s Wari pilgrimage forms a circular pattern around the central palkhi carrying sacred padukas. Dressed in white, devotees sit in rows, creating a powerful visual of unity, devotion, and harmony.
Koki Shinoda / The 2nd International Aerial Photographer of the Year
Commerson’s Dolphin and Giant Kelp. Commerson’s dolphins were swimming near giant kelp. The giant kelp makes the dolphins look very small. Taken in the Falkland Islands.
Kevin Nyun / The 2nd International Aerial Photographer of the Year
The Factory. Sunset light over Southern Utah’s iconic butte.
Giacomo Feroldi / The 2nd International Aerial Photographer of the Year
Painted Fields. In spring, the fields of South Moravia in Czech Republic are filled with a variety of colors, mainly due to the sowing of rapeseed. The crops follow lines that look painted. A tree with a leafy canopy casts its shadow over the scene.
Koki Dote / The 2nd International Aerial Photographer of the Year
Eye. A large opening in the surface of the ice. Cracks radiating from it give the impression that something is watching from within.
Chris Gurton / The 2nd International Aerial Photographer of the Year
Potato Ridging. A Caterpillar Challenger ridges soil ready for planting potatoes while gulls circle, looking for worms in the freshly turned soil. Assington, Suffolk, U.K.
Kah-Wai Lin / The 2nd International Aerial Photographer of the Year
Thunder of Hooves. Third-place winner. At sunset in Cappadocia, Turkey, Yilki horses surge across the dusty plateau. Raised by villagers and released to roam free, they embody resilience and tradition, moving like a river of fire beneath the fading Anatolian sky.
Vitaly Golovatyuk / The 2nd International Aerial Photographer of the Year
Birdie in the Sky. First-place winner. Birdie is sitting on the water of a tiny, crystal-clear lake with reflection of the sky and surrounded by red grass, somewhere in Dongtai, Yancheng, Jiangsu province, China.
Be sure to visit the IAPOTY competition website to view the full list of this year’s entries and winners.
