At First I Thought It Was A Photograph,

of a side of some chemical, or mineral specimen, taken using a microscope,

 but then I looked at the next few photographs and realised.

 they were taken from the air,

 but not using one of these new fangled drones, 

 these were old school, taken by Moscow-based photographer Stas Bartnikas, who charters a plane to fly him around the area,

 in this case Iceland, 

 which is one of Bartnikas’s favorite locations to photograph due to its surreal combination of ice, snow, volcanic formations, glacial rivers, and beaches, “Regular travelers are able to see only so much of this amazing place, whereas aerial photography allows us to see places that are inaccessible on foot,” 

 he continues, “This very different perspective enables us to capture the beauty of our Earth in its fully glory and uniqueness.”

 Bartnikas refers to his works as “aero-art,” and intends to capture the character and personality of each abstracted landscape when shooting. “It is almost the same as photographing human portraits,”

 His next destination to photograph is San Diego, where he plans on capturing some of the southern parts of the United States and a few northern parts of Mexico, 

 He is one of the winners of the upcoming Siena International Photo Awards, 

 and his work, among the other winners, will be featured at the Beyond the Lens photo exhibition held from October 28 to December 2, 2018 in Siena, Italy,

You can view more of his work on his website and Instagram, I wonder how much it would cost and where I could hire a plane?