CHECK OUT THESE STUNNING PICTURES CAPTURED BY DRONES

These pictures were taken by the winners of the third annual Dronestagram contest!

For the third year in a row, the international contest has recognized and rewarded the most beautiful and outstanding drone photos in this emerging field.

“It is taken at a low altitude, near the target of the picture.” If you know what to look for, you can figure out that these pictures couldn’t have “been taken with a device other than a drone.” says Guillaume Jarret, Dronestagram’s head of marketing and development.

Photos copyrighted to The National Geographic