The Australian island state of Tasmania has 4 of the top 10 tallest tree species in the world and is home to the tallest flowering plant in the world, the Eucalyptus regnans, which can measure 99.8 meters (327 feet) tall.
To get the perfect aerial drone shots of the Dom Tower of Utrecht, Dutch filmmakers Jelte Keur and Reinout van Schie had to wait a full 10 months for the perfect weather conditions to arrive. But once they did, the minute forty-five of footage they captured made it all worthwhile.
When Kirill Oreshkin first started capturing photographs from the tops of the tallest buildings in Russia, he was afraid of heights. As the video above goes to show, that fear is long gone... in fact, these days he has no problem hanging off the top of a building with only one hand.
The Tokyo Skytree is a massive broadcasting tower in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan that currently holds the title of world's tallest tower and second tallest structure. Measuring in at a completed height of 2,080 feet, the broadcasting tower -- which also doubles as a restaurant and observation tower -- gives visitors a stunning 360-degree view of Tokyo.
But it wasn't enough for the folks behind the project to let people come up, gawk and take their own pictures. They decided that a view like this had to be documented professionally, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week; which is why there are 12 Nikon D3S's equipped with Nikkor AF 35mm f/2D lenses arranged around the tower at all times, keeping tabs on the city below.
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