Aerial shot of a nursery garden with geometrically pruned trees near Leer, Germany (© Karl Johaentges/Getty Images)

Aerial view of the coast along Lake Argentino, Glaciers National Park, Argentina (© Michele Molinari/Danita Delimont)

Aerial view of maturing rice fields, Uruguay (© Guillermo Robles/Corbis)

Aerial view of the Bahama Banks, Bahamas (© Jeremy Woodhouse/Getty Images)

An aerial view of the House of the Doves, Yucatán, Mexico (© Kenneth Garrett/National Geographic/Getty Images)

Aerial view of the Dalyan River delta near Dalyan, Turkey (© Guido Alberto Rossi/Axiom)

Aerial view of a peach orchard in full springtime bloom near Chesnee, South Carolina, U.S.A. (© Harrison Shull/Aurora Photos)

Aerial view of a dock in Martinique, France (© Guido Alberto Rossi/Axiom)

Bird's-eye view of Riga, Latvia (© Top Photo Corporation/Photolibrary)

Aerial view of Tamul waterfall in the Huasteca Potosina region, Mexico (© Patricio Robles Gil/Getty Images)

Aerial view of Ambergris Caye, Belize (© Michael Melford/Getty Images) ©

Aerial view of Lake Mead and land erosion near the border of Arizona and Nevada (© Lee Foster/Lonely Planet Images) ©

Aerial view of rice fields in Yunnan Province, China -- Jialiang Gao/Getty Images ©

Aerial view of islands in a sand quarry, Jumieges, Seine Valley, France -- Francis Cormon/Corbis ©

Aerial of two vessels during maneuvers in Gatun Locks, Panama Canal -- Diego Lezama/Lonely Planet ©

Aerial view of Yerba Buena and Treasure islands, Oakland Bay Bridge, and San Francisco, California -- Marli Miller/ Visuals Unlimited, Inc. ©

Aerial view of agricultural land in Iowa -- Jim Wark/Corbis ©

Aerial view of Tsinghua University’s main campus in Beijing, China -- Xuan Liu ©

Aerial view of forest near Johor, Malaysia -- Justin Guariglia/Corbis ©

An aerial view of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts -- Frank Siteman/Corbis ©