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The world is best viewed from above, and these incredible aerial snaps of stunning landscapes or famous landmarks reveal what it looks like under infrared light.
The photos of everything from Dubai's man-made Palm islands to the Canada's frozen Labrador coast were taken by British pilot Captain Jon Bowles from his cockpit at altitudes of up to 40,000ft.
Some of his best snaps show the peaks of K2 - the second-highest mountain in the world - and Kilimanjaro, the sacred waters of the Ganges Delta, and the salt flats of Pakistan.
Bowles, 55, from Bolton, used a modified Sony Nex 5N camera to capture these awe-inspiring views in a completely different spectrum.
His amazing photography shows the world in a light impossible for the human eye to detect.
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British pilot Jon Bowles snapped this image of a winding river and land that was once under Lake Urmia, in northwestern Iran
Dubai's man-made Palm Jumeirah islands and its glittering skyline, which includes the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world
Bowles photographed K2, the world's second-tallest mountain, Broad Peak and the Gasherbrums, in the Himalayas and Karakoram ranges
The Bangladesh side of the Ganges Delta, which is the world's largest delta. The Ganges is the most sacred river to Hindus
An open cast mine has a reddish glow in this photo, which was taken under infrared light from the cockpit of an airliner
One of the perks of the job for piltos is seeing some of the most amazing sights in the world, including Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro
Bowles infrared photo of the Padma River, in Bangladesh, looks more like a work of art than a photograph taken from as high as 40,000ft
Kunyang Chhish mountain is located in the Karakoram range of Pakistan, near the country's northeastern border with China
Canada's frozen Labrador coast, on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the mainland portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador
Bowles snapped this remarkable photgraph of a hydrothermal vent while flying over the 3,700-mile Great Rift Valley in Africa
The British pilot's amazing photography shows the world in a light impossible for the human eye to detect (pictured: the Great Rift Valley)
Many of Bowles' best photos show rugged mountain ranges in Asia or Africa. This snap shows the Kunlun Mountains in China
Iran's Lake Urmia, near the border with Turkey, was once the largest lake in the Middle East but has shrunk due to the damming of rivers
These rolling fields and small towns in Bulgaria look they're part of a puzzle in this snap taken from the cockpit by Bowles
Bowles used a modified Sony Nex 5N camera to capture these views in a completely different spectrum (pictured: rugged hills in Iran)
Lake Van is the largest lake in Turkey. The saline soda lake is fed by water from small streams that run from the surrounding mountains
Bowles snapped this photo while flying over Dubai. It shows Dubai Marina, the desert city's artificial canal district
An aerial view of an industrial zone shows different shades of colour that are invisible to the naked eye
The Red River, pictured in northern Vietnam, runs from the province of Yunnan in southwest China to the Gulf of Tonkin
Known for its wine, the city of Stellenbosch, near Cape Town in South Africa, was a European settlement
Source: The world like you've never seen it before: Stunning aerial images snapped by a British pilot reveal tall peaks, winding rivers and glittering skylines under infrared light
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