Paragliding
Glide through these fantastic aerial images
Check out our selection of five breathtaking shots from the awesome world of gliding.
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We've all seen their wings in the sky on a blue summer's day and wondered what it would be like to take off ourselves. Well, now you can get a better idea about the world of paragliding without even leaving your room. Just have a glance through these epic images...
We start at the top of the page with a truly awe-inspiring shot from Horacio Llorens and Thomas de Dorlodot's four-month, 10-country trip across Africa in 2012. Here Llorens is coasting over Victoria Falls, and you can clearly see why de Dorlodot called the journey a "life-changing experience". Wow!
A head for heights
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People may think paragliding is dangerous, but it's an exhilarating sport. Llorens can't keep the smile from his face as he performs a trick at the World Cup Superfinal in Colombia last year.
Carving his own path
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A hybrid of paragliding, parachuting and skiing, speedriding proves that gliding isn't always done in the sky. Francois Bon took on the Mount Cook range on New Zealand's South Island to produce some stunning shots, such as this one. You'd have to be pretty handy on your skis to even contemplate it though, surely.
Ocean view
© Horacio Llorens/Search Projects
What happens when you mount a camera into your wing? You get a stunning insight into what goes into these amazing acrobatic moves. Made all the more compelling by the beautiful Pacific panorama.
Lost at sea
© Joh Stapels
We finish back where we started somewhat, with Llorens and de Dorlodot having fun as only they quite know how. Here, the intrepid duo pull some serious tricks over a coral reef in Tahiti. Who's for some gliding lessons?
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