The mobile used to capture aerial atlas of UK

View from above: Aerial shot of London taken by mobile phone
12 April 2012

An aerial atlas of Britain is published today, with pictures taken on a mobile phone.

The shots, including this one of the Shard near the Thames, were taken using a Nokia N8 smartphone by photographer Jason Hawkes. "I've been flying a lot over London lately and it is amazing how quickly things are changing," he said.

The pictures are part of the HD Horizons project and also feature Cornwall's Eden Project, Blackpool Pleasure Beach and Chesil Beach in Dorset.

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