Aerial view of buildings in a city, Tallinn, Estonia (2005-10-03) by Medioimages/PhotodiscGetty Images
Take a dizzying new look at some well-known skylines, shorelines and structures around the world with these 15 incredible photos shot from above.
1. Tallinn Old Town, Estonia
The colorful rooftops of Tallinn's Old Town includes St. Olaf's Church, whose 124m spire has been hit by lightning 8 times.
2. The Kitchen Garden at Château de Villandry, France
The mesmerising patterns of the vegetable and ornamental flower gardens of Château de Villandry, commissioned by Joachim Carvallo in 1906, can only be truly appreciated from a birds' eye view.
Aerial view - The Kitchen garden (2009-05) by Joachim CarvalloCastle of Villandry
3. MUCEM, France
The Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations in Marseille juxtaposes the old and the new by joining the 17th-century Fort Saint-Jean with a former port terminal by a high footbridge.
Mucem aerial ViewMucem
4. Maiden Castle, England
Maiden Castle in Dorset is an Iron-Age hill fort, a fortified hill-top settlement, dating back to 600 BCE. It is thought to have been abandoned after the Roman conquest of Britain in 1st century CE.
Aeiral of Maiden CastleOriginal Source: MAIDEN CASTLE
5. Mauritius
This may look like an underwater vortex, sucking the water down into an ocean ridge, but is in fact an optical illusion created by the sands and silt around the island of Mauritius.
Mauritius. Aerial ViewMauritius - Biennale Arte 2015
6. Berlin in 1945, Germany
This striking image, taken after the Allied capture of the city, shows the destruction caused during World War Two in Berlin.
Berlin 1945 (1945-07) by William VandivertLIFE Photo Collection
7. Ashokan Pillar Site, India
This is a pillar of Ashoka, built in Vaishali, India around 250 BCE to commemorate the miracle of a monkey offering honey to the Buddha.
Aerial View of Ashokan Pillar Site (2013-03-21) by Yves GuichardXuanzang Memorial, Nava Nalanda Mahavihara
8. Rievaulx Abbey, England
The ruins of Rievaulx Abbey in North Yorkshire, England look striking covered in a layer of fresh snow. The site was a Cistercian monastery, founded in 1132.
Aerial View of Rievaulx AbbeyOriginal Source: RIEVAULX ABBEY
9. Bagan, Myanmar
Located in central Myanmar, Bagan is an ancient city made up of over 2,000 Buddhist monuments rising up out of the greenery. It was the capital of the Pagan Kingdom from the 9th to 13th centuries.
Bagan Aerial Overview by CyArkCyArk
10. Christ The Redeemer, Brazil
Overlooking the Rio de Janeiro harbor in Brazil is the Christ the Redeemer statue. It was designed by French sculptor Paul Landowski and built by the Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa in 1922.
Aerial View of Christ The Redeemer (1931)Rio de Janeiro Department of Conservation
11. Robben Island, South Africa
Robben Island lies in Table Bay off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa. It's most famous for being the location of the prison where Nelson Mandela was held for 18 years.
Aerial view of Robben Island, South Africa by Robben Island MuseumRobben Island Museum
12. Telok Ayer, Singapore
The contrast between modern and traditional architecture can be seen when looking over Telok Ayer, the conserved district of Chinatown in the center of Singapore.
Chinatown (Telok Ayer)Urban Redevelopment Authority
13. Yanomami Indigenous Land, Brazil
This shows an area of land in the middle of the Amazon rainforest cleared and occupied by the Yanomami tribe, a group of around 35,000 who live in 200-250 villages throughout the jungle.
Aerial view of Demini's region, Yanomami Indigenous Land, Brazil (2011) by Beto RicardoInstituto Socioambiental - ISA
14. Palacio De Bellas Artes, Mexico
The Art Nouveau exterior of the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, with its colorful tiled dome was designed by Adamo Boari in 1904.
Aerial view of a palace, Palacio De Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico (2007-10-25) by Glow ImagesGetty Images
15. Ten Thousand Islands
The Ten Thousand Islands are a chain of islands and mangrove islets that can be found off the coast of southwest Florida. Despite the name, the number of islands is only in the hundreds.
By Alfred EisenstaedtLIFE Photo Collection
