The best aerial drone photography of 2015

There has been much debate about whether laws and standards should be put in place to manage drone users. A lot of what we’ve seen in 2015 has circulated around negative events that involve drones crashing, slicing a toddler’s eye, or knocking someone unconscious.

But not all incidents that come from drones are negative. The devices have captured some of the most stunning aerial photos we’ve seen this year, so let’s take a look.

A custom-built drone carrying a GoPro Hero 3 Black operated by local Ricardo Matiello captured the tops of buildings poking through the clouds above in the Brazilian town of Maringá.

This photo of the famous annual event in Dubai, the Al Marmoum Camel Race, was captured by “Shoyab” using a DJIF550 hexacopter equipped with a Canon camera.

One of the most photographed landmarks in South America, the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was taken by Alexandre Salem with his DJI Phantom sporting a GoPro Hero4.

This image of a tropical island in French Polynesia was captured with a GoPro Hero 3 Black aboard a DJI Phantom.

Taken with a DJI Phantom 3 drone, this snapshot of the Amalfi Coast in Italy is breathtaking.

Captured at high tide with a DJI Phantom drone equipped with a GoPro Hero 4, France’s Mont Saint Michel Island looks like a magical place.

Alexandre Salem was able to use a drone to document a Brazilian village engulfed in mud after an ore dam burst during the country’s largest environment accident.

Every day in Mazatlan, Mexico at the Plazuela Sanchez Taboada, a cliff diver risks his life in search of some pesos and a cheer from the crowd. The spot has become a landmark in Mazatlan and this image was caught using a GoPro Hero 3 Silver attached to a DJI Phantom drone.

Seized by a DJI Phantom 3 drone, a hole drilled in a frozen lake by a fisherman in Turgoyak, Miass, Russia looks like a human eye from above.

This drone’s perspective of Xiwei Reservoir, Zoucheng, Shandong, China shows farmers are ready to harvest their grains.

Source: Dronestagram and Gizmag