Every year, the SkyPixel Contest Committee receives thousands of aerial photographs taken with drones. Requirements to the photos are the following: a single picture taken by the camera drone, the image size of at least 3 MB and resolution of at least 300 dpi. Participants compete in several categories: "Nature", "Architecture", "Sport", "Fun". Also, the best pictures in the category "People`s Choice" are chosen. Only one work can be submitted in one category, and the same work cannot be submitted in more than one category. From them the most exciting shots are chosen, and the winner gets an award.

Just look how incredibly stunning pictures are presented in each category!

Grand Prix and prize — photo equipment worth about 12 thousands dollars .

The famous monastery of Mont Saint Michel during a foggy morning (Normandy, France). Posted by Derik Baumgärtner.

The Category Of "Nature"

The 1st place: "Hungry Hippos". Posted by Martin Sanchez

The 2nd place. "Trace". Snow in the Taklamakan Desert forms a rare texture on a desert lake. From a height of 400 meters, it resembles a huge trace, like a footprint of a snowman. Posted by Wang Hanbin

The 3rd place. Natural engraving in Utah (the USA). Posted by 梦中画.

The Category Of "Fun"

The 1st place. Flowers on water. Posted by Khanh Phan

The 2nd place. Burden salt harvest in Vietnam. Posted byTuấnNguyễn

The 3rd place. Geese gathered in inflorescences. Posted by: 邱 会宁

Category "Architecture"

The 1st place. Not a smal HK island out of 43 shots (something like a portal to some other universe). Posted by Panvelvet

The 2nd place. Sunrise in Bagan, Myanmar. Posted by Witold Ziomek

The 3rd place. Skyscraper "Grand Lisboa", the highest building in Macau (China). Posted by: 吖震

Category "Sport"

The 1st place. Running through the sand dunes, Vietnam. Posted by Trung Pham.

The 2nd place. Shadow skier 5. Posted by: oberschneider.com

The 3rd place. Estonian hammer throw champion Kati Ojaloo throwing it to the moon. Posted by Taavi Purtsak

The category of "People`s Choice"

Red train. The Landwasserviaduct in Switzerland. Posted by sebastianmzh

Bridge in clouds. Posted by Li Wei

"Mother Motherland" in Kiev. Posted by Sergey Ristenko

Ancient Moonlight. The Colosseum, Rome. Posted by Mauro Pagliai

Low-level aerial view of the Stein Eriksen Residences at Deer Valley Resort. Utah, the USA. Posted by Alan Blakely

Dual habitat, China. Posted by Lee Zhenglin Dawood

Infinity road: Summer vs Winter. Perfectly aligned pair of pictures shot 8 months apart. Author: Michal Sadowski

The category of "Nominated Entries"

Wake up. Posted by Petra Leary

Two. Posted by Baltskars

Summit for the team, Mont Blanc. Posted by Mathis Dumas

National library of Kosovo. Postede by Agon Nimani

There is a precise point up there in the sky where the mountains almost seem to pose. Posted by Andrea Giumelli