Aerial photo of Vietnam impresses in international award

The 2025 International Aerial Nature Photography Awards has just announced the best winning photos, including a photo of a field in Vietnam that was selected to be published in a book.

Professional and amateur photographers from around the world entered the aerial nature photography competition and captured breathtaking, almost never-before-seen views.

Part of the appeal is the fresh and different perspective from what we're used to seeing when walking around with our eyes a meter and a half above the ground. Looking down from above creates a novel, fascinating, and sometimes ambiguous perspective, according to Fobes .

This award follows the 10-year success of the International Landscape Photography Awards, which were launched by American photographers Peter Eastway and David Evans. The 2025 Aerial Photography Awards attracted more than 1,500 entries from around the world, showcasing a range of new perspectives, from wildlife and nature to fairytale-like landscapes.

To be included in the top 101 and published in the book, participants needed to score at least 86.67 points as selected by a panel of professional judges. Below are the winning photos and the photos selected for the book:

The overall winner for 2025 is American photographer Joanna Steidle for her stunning underwater wildlife series. This image, titled Entrance, shows a shark as it makes its way into a school of menhaden in the Atlantic Ocean.

This photo, also by photographer Joanna Steidle, shows a small school of bullnose rays stirring up their migration in Southampton, New York.

The sunset backlight at Cono de Arita in La Puna, Argentina creates an atmospheric optical phenomenon that looks like beams of light converging to a point opposite the sun in the sky. First place image by Ignacio Palacios, Australia

Iceland's Fagradalsfjall volcano haunts viewers. The cracked lava patterns form a skull shape, a strange natural illusion for a few moments. By Daniel Viñé Garcia, Spain, second place

An aerial view of melting ice in Northeast Greenland National Park. Second place photo by Taylor Stone, USA

Desert Playa, third prize, by photographer David Swindler, USA

Third prize winning photo, of flamingos and pelicans, by photographer David Swindler, USA

Two seals relax peacefully on an iceberg in Iceland's Jokulsarlon. By Fabien Guittard, France

Elephants crossing the Busanga Plain in Kafue National Park, Zambia. Photo by Murray Evans, Zambia

France's iconic Mont Saint Michel castle appears dreamlike in the rosy morning light. Photographer: Guichard Laetitia, France

People harvesting sedge grass in a central Vietnamese province look as if they are gliding on a soft green carpet. Photo by Dipanjan Pal, India.

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