
Photographer Alex MacLean shoots almost all his breathtaking aerial photography from a small Cessna 182 plane, sticking his camera out of the cockpit window. This photograph shows the Ocean City Amusement Park in Ocean City, Md., in 2011.
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Colorful fields of flowers in Carlsbad, Calif., in 1989.
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Floating daisy docks in Chicago, Ill., in 1999.
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An adobe housing development in Las Vegas, Nev., in 2005.
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Bathers in a wave pool in Orlando, Fla., in 1999.
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Boats in Tremont, Maine, in 2008.
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Shipping containers in Portsmouth, Va., in 2011.
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Strips in fields in Goodyear, Ariz., in 2004.
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A commercial logging site in Olympia, Wash., in 2005.
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Interchanging flyovers in Albuquerque, N.M., in 2009.
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People relaxing at the Spiagge Beach in Rosignano Marittimo, Italy, in 2007.
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Flamingos taking a flight in Rosolina, Italy, in 2009.
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A dirt biker in Boulder City, Nev., in 2009.
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A golf oasis in Boulder City, Nev., in 2009.
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Desert housing blocks in Las Vegas, Nev., in 2009.
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Loaded coal train cars in Norfolk, Va., in 2011.
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Brightly painted houses in Burano, Italy, in 2010.
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People swimming in a pool in Cambridge, Mass., in 2012.
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A shipyard in Newport, Va., in 2011.
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An orchard covered in snow in Bolton, Mass., in 2013.
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Cars parked at a Nascar event in Richmond, Va., in 2011.
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People relax at a swimming pool in the East Bolton province in Quebec, Canada, in 2012.
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Landfills in Staten Island, N.Y., in 2013.
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Estuarine sand plumes in Wellfleet, Mass., in 2013.
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Oyster cages in Cape Cod, Mass., in 2013.
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An American flag playground and a basketball court in Stow, Mass., in 2013.
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Estuarine sand plumes in Wellfleet, Mass., in 2013.
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