‘Each flight offers a new perspective and a chance for me to share my view of the world with others who may prefer to keep both feet planted solidly on the ground.’
So says Donn Delson, a 75-year-old aerial photographer who has spent over 100 hours hanging out of helicopters capturing mind-blowing images from above.
Donn, an artist based in Los Angeles, first embarked on helicopter adventures in 2015 after retiring from a lengthy career in the entertainment
These extraordinary aerial images, taken over a period of decades, show how modern society has transformed the planet, with industry leaving strangely beautiful marks that give some areas the appearance of an alien world. Others show natural landscapes that look like abstract paintings from above.
The transfixing pictures have been taken by world-renowned Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky, who has spent 45 years taking photos from a god-like perspective achieved by the use of helicopters, small jets, hydraulic poles, and
It is powered into flight by a rocket engine. It can fly a distance equal to the width of China. It has a stealthy design and is capable of carrying missiles that can hit enemy targets far beyond its visual range.
But what really distinguishes the Air Force’s pilotless XQ-58A Valkyrie experimental aircraft is that it is run by artificial intelligence, putting it at the forefront of efforts by the U.S. military to harness the capacities of an emerging technology
Junior Walk of Coal River Mountain Watch in Naoma, West Virginia, prepares his drone to fly near a reclaimed surface mine in Edwight.
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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
Coal has stalked Junior Walk his entire life. He remembers his elementary school in the mountainous southern reaches of West Virginia being caked in coal dust, and the representatives from the nearby mine showing up
Tuesday saw Vladimir Putin host Russia’s annual Victory Day parade to mark 78 years since the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany.
But while recent years have seen ostentatious displays with dozens of the Kremlin’s most sophisticated pieces of military hardware rolling through Moscow’s famous Red Square, this year saw a significantly slimmed-down affair.
Some 8,000 troops took part in the parade – the lowest number since 2008. Even the procession in 2020, the year of the Covid-19 pandemic, featured
This high-flying photographer is creating a stir on Instagram. And no wonder.
Hugo Healy, 26, from Brighton but currently based in Dubai, has garnered more than 22,000 followers on the photo-sharing platform thanks to his breathtaking drone photography.
His images give you a bird’s eye view of some of the world’s most beautiful places, his shots capturing everything from an ancient castle in Scotland to the bright lights of Brighton Pier and from the domed cathedral in Florence at sunrise
The Kremlin is ‘preparing’ to pound Odessa and ‘choke’ off its lifeline as a ceasefire is called for the besieged city of Mariupol – amid fears Putin could blast the escape route of refugees with airstrikes for a second time.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky today warned that Russian forces are preparing to shell Odessa – a historic port city on the Black Sea coast.
Russia has made progress in southern Ukraine since its invasion 11 days ago, overrunning the city
In the wake of the woefully insufficient Pentagon report from June in which the U.S. government admitted it could not explain the vast majority of unidentified aerial phenomena, the Department of Defense is increasing its effort, creating an official group to study these events.
The announcement, made late Tuesday, will see the establishment of the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group (AOIMSG), succeeding the U.S. Navy’s Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force; it will be part of the office of
