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A place to share pictures taken from above, that reveal interesting views, fascinating places or different angles to places.

I have made a short video describing how I take the pictures that I share, here

This is not a rule! You are welcome to share any aerial picture you feel is worth sharing. I just thought that maybe some of you may need a little help. It's really addictive once you get started!

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La Plata - Argentina

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Hidden Beach is not quite so hidden - listed as a tourist attraction on google:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/2LvWzMa5iaYtYiS2A

Interestingly, google has the location of quite a lot of hidden beaches!

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Summer residences close to Copenhagen in Denmark. The hedges are angled, from 180cm to 80 cm, securing privacy and optimal light access for plants close to the tip of the "slices".

All homes have access to electricity, water, sewage and water. The houses must be less than 50 square meters, and you can only live there between April 1st to October 1st. Outside this period you can only stay there on weekends.

https://www.rundtidanmark.dk/broendby-haveby-runde-haver/
https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%B8ndby_Haveby

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Aerial maps of Berlin 1928-2024 (luftbilder.berlin.codefor.de)
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Dyrehavsbakken, is located approximately 10km North of Copenhagen Denmark.

Interestingly, Copenhagen has the third oldest operating amusement park Tivoli, that opened in 1843 (180 years ago)
Here is an overview shot of Tivoli in the center of Copenhagen

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I found this randomly while looking at the landscape around Austria, and hadn't realized that i had drifted off into Hungary

https://sopronrally.hu/

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Coordinates: 50°27'07,38" N 1°38'34,17" E

Slightly east of Le Bout De Haut

Also this a bit further south

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Built as a royal hunting lodge in the early 18th century
Today, the Palace of Stupinigi houses the Museo di Arte e Ammobiliamento, a museum of the arts and furnishings, some original to the palazzina, others brought from the former Savoy family residences of Moncalieri and Venaria Reale

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzina_di_caccia_of_Stupinigi

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I only noticed today, due to the Tour de France finishing there, but Rimini has some huge beaches! Also they seem to have constructed some sort of wave breaker, to give calmer waters for visitors (?). It does look amazin from a distance

Slightly furhter north, still in Rimini, but on the other side of "Porto di Rimini" the beaches get even larger!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ndR0t_QIpY

ORP Wicher ORP Wicher (English: Whirlwind) was a Project 30bis destroyer, transferred to the People's Republic of Poland from the Soviet Union in 1958.[2] She was built by the Zhdanov shipyard in Leningrad and originally commissioned into the Soviet Baltic Fleet as the Skoryy ("Rapid") in 1951, and transferred to Poland in 1958 together with a second ship, ORP Grom.

ORP Grom was the lead ship of her class of destroyers serving in the Polish Navy during World War II. She was named after the Polish word for Thunderbolt, while her sister ship ORP Błyskawica translates to lightning

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Testsing and development of components and systems for commercial solar thermal power plants. The aim is to make solar thermal power plants more efficient. They also test processes for solar water splitting, the production of solar fuels and the use of solar heat in industrial processes.

More than 2,000 movable mirrors (heliostats) cover an area of around ten hectares in front of Jülich's two solar towers. They catch the sunlight, concentrate it and direct it onto the two solar towers.

In the solar tower power plant, a volumetric receiver at the top of the tower absorbs the concentrated sunlight and uses it to heat the surrounding air to up to 700 degrees Celsius. A steam generator inside the tower uses this to heat water into steam, which drives a turbine that produces electricity via a generator.

https://www.dlr.de/en/research-and-transfer/research-infrastructure/solar-towers-juelich

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Look closer for the almost pixelated elevation lines on those hills

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longsheng_Rice_Terraces

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If there is one thing that I keep noticing, when I look for cool places from above, it is golf courses! There are so many, and they are everywhere! This one is Murasaki Golf Club, with 27 holes, and 108 par.

The largest golf course I could find, is Mission Hill Resort in Shenzhen China. It has 12 courses, with 18 holes. 216 holes in total. Id does, IMO not look quite as good as the one from Murasaki

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This may not look like much if you don't watch motorsports, and in particular the 24hr Endurance race in Le Mans, but if you do, you may be able to identify the classic track on this map!

Bellow are a few closeups of some of the most legendary corners

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I believe that I found these in Egypt, but I am not 100% sure. Some times I get lost looking for cool places and end up in random places!

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Flower_Island

Artificial island being built off the coast of Danzhou in China

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