Aerial Photographs

In searching for an image of a volcano (you know how these questions arise during the school day), I came across this powerful image of a newly formed mountain:



















Contrast that with a classic figure of a volcano, Mt. Fuji:


















This was a great beginning to a discussion on geology, but the greater find was the website of Yann Athus-Bertrand. Primarily aerial images, he has some stunning photographs on-line. My girls can spend a lot of time looking at the different patterns, learning a bit about different countries as they go.

Well worth the visit. And even better, these images are available for download (no charge) as wallpaper for your computer desktop. If you are interested in fine art photographic prints, they can be ordered through this same web site.

And no, it is not all volcano based. In fact, there are a wide variety of images, some quite serene: