Around the World: Aerial Photos of Yann Arthus-Bertrand

We often forget how beautiful the world we live in in the rush of the daily grind. We hardly ever take a moment to sit still with our heads up to enjoy the blue skies, birds chirping and leaves on trees swooshing as the gentle breeze of the air discreetly pass us by. We take all these things for granted and yet from time to time we bump into something that reminds us on how beautiful the world truly is. Sometimes, slowing down to open your eyes is all that it takes for the world to enthrall you with its beauty.

For aerial photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand, however, it's just part of his five-year airborne odyssey documenting through his lens the world as we rarely see it. So, if you need a reminder to make you appreciate Earth more, here are some of Yann Arthus-Bertrand's amazing works.

Amazon River, Brazil

Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey

Boats stranded on the dry Aral Sea, Kazakhstan

Coal mine, South Africa

Easter Island, Chile

Elephants on the Savannah, Botswana

Epicenter of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

Fraser Island Dune, Australia

Freeways in Los Angeles, USA

Gullholmen, Sweden

Hashima Island, Japan

Louver and Ile De La Cite in Paris, France

Machu Picchu, Peru

Military Cemetery, Verdun, France

Pigeon Houses Mit Gahmr Delta, Egypt

Ruins of the Medieval City of Shali, Egypt

Solar Plant in Andalusia, Spain

Stockholm, Sweden

Tasmania, Australia

The Changping District in Beijing, China

Varanasi, India

Walled City of Dubrovnik, Croatia

Photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand

To see more of his wonderful works, click here.

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Cindy Gonzales-Kujat