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Aerial photography of the Great Mosque of Kairouan, in Tunisia.

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Air photo of a military target used to evaluate the effect of bombing.

Aerial photography is the taking of photographs of the ground from an elevated position. Usually
the camera is not supported by a ground-based structure. Platforms for aerial photography include
fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, multirotor Unmanned Aircraft Systems
(UAS), balloons, blimps and dirigibles, rockets, pigeons, kites, parachutes, stand-alone telescoping
and vehicle-mounted poles. Mounted cameras may be triggered remotely or automatically; handheld photographs may be taken by a photographer.
Aerial photography should not be confused with air-to-air photography, where one or more aircraft
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