Affordable Drones Capture Incredible Scenes

1. Sailor of Red Chilies Sea

Perhaps used drone: DJI Inspire 1 Pro How to Purchase: Amazon Price: $2,199* In 2021, this image was included in the "People Commended" category of the Drone Photography Awards. Captured by Sujon Adhikary, the image is labeled "Sailor of the Red Chilies Sea," perhaps alluding to the way the fields of chili peppers resemble a crimson, divided sea.

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Red Chilies Sea Sailor ©Pinterest / The Guardian The image shows a farmer riding his bike home through these tarp-covered fields of chilies in Panchagarh, Bangladesh. In Panchagarh, the harvesting season lasts for two months in the spring. To maintain the town's economy, everyone, from young children to the elderly, works to gather as many chilis as they can.

2. Glacial River System

Potential Drone: Fly More Combo DJI Mavic Air 2 How to Purchase: Amazon Price: $1,168* Photographer Attila Csipe captured this breathtaking image of a vast delta and riverbed. The glacial river system in question carries sediments from Iceland's Vatnajokull glacier. The biggest and most abundant ice cap in the country, and the second largest in Europe after Novaya Zemlya, is mighty Vatnajokull.

Glacial River System ©Shutterstock/Attila Csipe Given that Vatnajokull makes up 8% of Iceland, enormous glacial rivers must be transporting sediments from there. The DJI Mavic Air 2 Fly More Combo, which Extreme Fliers dubbed "one of the best...for cold weather," may have been used to take this picture. In order to capture such beautiful photos, a drone must be able to withstand Iceland's bitter cold.