The project "Earth seen from heaven" by photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand was a huge public success. It revealed the Earth in new and beautiful colors and symmetry through aerial photography. The book containing photos from the project, titled "The Earth seen from the sky", has sold over 3 million copies in 24 countries and is one of the best selling photo books worldwide. The document then provides a selection of some of the best aerial photographs from locations around the world as examples.

1. The project of Yann Arthus-Bertrand
"Earth seen from heaven" experienced a
huge public success. This method
revealed till then unknown wonderful
colors and symmetry. The scenes
captured by the cameras are amazing.

2. "The Earth seen from the sky" is,
currently, one of the best selling books
of photographs in the world with over
of 3 million copies printed in 24
countries (not less than 5 editions) after
the first edition in 1999.
Now see a selection of some of the best
shots.

3. Eruption of the volcano Karimskii, Kamchatka

4. Inflowing of Parana in the Uruguay River. Misiones Province, Argentina.

5. “Spaceman”, Nazca plateau, Peru.

6. Tongkil, floating village in the Philippines.

7. El Attaf in Algeria

8. The Temple of Ramses II , Egypt

9. Love Parade in Berlin

10. Perifieria Lurte in Ulan-Bator, Mongolia

11. Heart in Voh in New Caledonia

12. Pigeon houses in Mit-Hamre, Egypt. Pigeons are raised for meat.

13. Caravan in dunes, Mauritania

14. Fishermen on the ice, Lake Baikal

15. Cemetery in Assiut, Egypt

16. Settlement with holiday homes in Geneva, Suisse

17. Agricultural landscape near the city of Cognac, France

18. Cows between dunes, Chile

19. Emperor penguins colony, Antartica

20. Fisherman on Lake Kossou. Ivory Coast

21. The flamingos on the Lake Nakuru, Kenia

22. Residential houses on the outskirts of the city of Copenhagen, Denmark

23. Rural moschee in Mali

24. Irrigation circles in Jordan

25. Icebreaker “Louis Saint Laurent” in the province of Nunavut, Canada

26. Olive plantations, Andalusia, Spain

27. Phi Phi island near Phuchet, Thailand

28. Charle de Gaulle square, Paris

29. Rice plantations, Nepal.

30. Melting iceberg, Unartoq, Greenland

31. The River Nile, Egypt

32. Volcano Fudziama, Japan

33. Landfill near Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

34. Formations of salt in the Dead Sea, Israel.

35. Satellite antennas in Aleppo, Syria

36. Dead city (Chernobyl), Ukraine

37. Devastated by crude oil in Athabasca, Canada

38. Harvested cotton, Burchina Faso

39. Mountains in Reunion Island

40. Palm Jumeirah Island in Dubai

41. Palm Jumeirah Island in Dubai

42. Tractor at work on the farm in Bozman, USA

43. Tsingy-de-Bemaraha Stone Forest in Madagascar

44. Venice at sunset

45. Village near Lake Chad, The Republic of Chad.

46. The white horse of Uffington-figure of 110 metres of chalk created 3000
years ago. United Kingdom.

47. Windmills (electic generators) near Palm-Springs, California