Aerial photography
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Aerial photography is the taking of photographs from an aircraft or other airborne platforms. When taking motion pictures, it is also known as aerial videography.
An aerial photograph using a drone of Westerheversand Lighthouse, Germany
Aerial view of a swimming pool complex
An aerial photograph taken using a drone of the Vistula, a river in Poland
Air photo of a military target used to evaluate the effect of bombing
Aerial reconnaissance
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Aerial reconnaissance is reconnaissance for a military or strategic purpose that is conducted using reconnaissance aircraft. The role of reconnaissance can fulfil a variety of requirements including a
A USAAF photo-reconnaissance Lockheed F-5 Lightning in flight over Europe circa June 1944. It is marked with invasion stripes to help Allied troops clearly identify it as an Allied plane.
Pigeon with German miniature camera, during the First World War
A B.E.2c reconnaissance aircraft of the RFC with an aerial reconnaissance camera fixed to the side of the fuselage, 1916
A German observation plane, the Rumpler Taube