A Paraglider's Breathtaking Views - George Steinmetz (17 photos)

With the ability to pilot a motorized paraglider, photographer George Steinmetz captures breathtaking shots of the Earth below. This experimental aircraft enables him to capture unique images of the world, inaccessible by traditional aircraft and most other modes of transportation.

A regular contributor to National Geographic and GEO Magazines, he has explored subjects ranging from the remotest stretches of Arabia’s Empty Quarter to the unknown tree people of Irian Jaya.

Steinmetz was born in Beverly Hills in 1957 and graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Geophysics. He began his career in photography after hitchhiking through Africa for 28 months. He currently lives in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, with his wife, Wall Street Journal editor Lisa Bannon, their daughter, Nell, and twin sons John and Nicholas.

George Steinmetz's website

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Comment by aparna on January 12, 2010 at 6:37am: so glad to see all these, at the same time tempted to join this world that stores such beautiful memories....

Comment by Marilyn Camp on January 9, 2010 at 1:30am: These pictures are amazing!!!

Comment by Olivia on November 4, 2009 at 9:28pm: Thank you so much for sharing this gift!!!!!!!! Wow is an understatement.

Comment by Charles on October 30, 2009 at 11:21am: Brilliant! So beautiful.

Comment by alice on October 30, 2009 at 9:05am: apparently i need to take up paragliding..

Comment by Kyle Higgins on October 30, 2009 at 8:59am: Too cool

Comment by Inês GFL on October 30, 2009 at 6:36am: i simply love this amazing planet that we share!!!!!! Thanks to all photographers and particulary to photographer George Steinmetz (in this case!):)

Comment by aravinda karunarathna on October 30, 2009 at 1:32am: unbelivable...!

Comment by kostas sidiropoulos on October 29, 2009 at 11:51pm: Spectacular!

Comment by Ivan on October 29, 2009 at 5:29pm: The Korowai and Kombai live in tree houses that stand in clearings they have carved out of the forest... Although slowly dying out, there was still cannibalism in the area. Gerrit believed it to be part of their criminal justice system, as most of the tree-dwelers did not believe in natural death. The Korowai believed that most deaths were caused by sorcery, and they would try to find out who the sorcerer was to kill and eat them.

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