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Aerial photography of theGreat Mosque of Kairouan, in Tunisia.

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Air photo of a military target used to evaluate the effect of bombing.Aerial photographyis 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-wingaircraft,helicopters,multirotor Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS),balloons,blimpsanddirigibles,rockets,pigeons,kites,parachutes, stand-alone telescoping and vehicle-mounted poles. Mounted cameras may be triggered remotely or automatically; hand-held photographs may be taken by a photographer.Aerial photography should not be confused withair-to-air photography, where one or more aircraft are us