These are the most mind-bending drone photos of 2016

By Rafi Letzter From Business Insider

With each passing year, photography drones become more affordable, more common, and higher quality. So more people are using them to take astonishing photos from never-before-seen angles all over the world.

The website Dronestagram is a popular place where drone photographers share and comment on each other’s work. And they’ve published a year-end list of the most astonishing drone photos taken all over the world in 2016.

Have a look:

“Moab” — Maxseigal
Maxseigal

“Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, Umbria, Italy” — fcattuto
fcattuto

“Wildife Swarm” — Szabolcs Ignacz
Szabolcs Ignacz

“Cable Beach” — DragonEye
DragonEye

“Piton de la Fournaise, Volcano” — Jonathan Payet
Jonathan Payet

“Summer camp, Gran Canaria” — Karolis Janulis
Karolis Janulis

“Big Buddha Ushiku Daibutsu” — cliechti
cliechti

“Bird attack in French Polynesia” — Actua Drone
Bird attack in French PolynesiaActua Drone

“Bogata Forest, Romania” — Calin Stan
Calin Stan

“Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil” — Ulysees Padihla
Ulysees Padihla

“Miedzyzdroje Plaża, Poland” — Drone Expert
Drone Expert

“Niagara Falls” — Ryanjones
Ryanjones

“Red Chily Farmer” — Aurobird
Aurobird

“Ski race, Adzhigardak, Asha, Russia” — Maksim Tarasov
Maksim Tarasov

“Turbine, Stirling, Alberta” — Aero Retina Optics
Aero Retina Optics

“Valensole, Provence, France” — Jcourtial
Jcourtial

“Vernazza, Cinque Terre, Italy” — jcourtial
jcourtial

“Yasawa Island” — Captain Salty
Captain Salty

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