Life from above Is Truly Spectacular (22 pics)

Photographing from 5,000 feet, Alex Maclean’s pictures show the complexities and hidden patterns of modern life across America and Europe.

The Jolly Roger, Ocean City Amusement Park, Ocean City, Maryland, USA, 2011
Bathers in wave pool, Orlando, Florida, USA, 1999
Dinghies clustered around dock, Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA, 1993
Marias River Drainage and Pivot Irrigator, Loma Area, Montana, USA
B-52, ‘Bone Yard’, Tuscon, Arizona, USA
Tracks of tomatoes in field, North Central Ohio, USA, 1990
Floating daisy docks, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1990
Flower fields, Lompoc, California, USA, 2013
Bay Channel, Fremont, California, USA, 1984
Shipping Containers, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA, 2011
Brightly painted houses, Burano, Italy, 2010
Marked Territory, Viareggio, Italy, 2010
Desert housing block, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 2009
Golf Oasis in Desert Hills, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 2009
Over Ramps, Albuquerque, New Mexicao, USA, 2008
Community pool without community, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 2009
Staking out territory, Livorno, Italy, 2007
Poolside tanning, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 2012
Housing development II, Beaverton, Oregon, USA, 2005
Guillotined B-52 bombers at the ‘bone yard’, Tuscon, Arizona, USA, 1994
Umbrella territory, Camaiore, Tuscany, Italy, 2010
Phelps Dpdge large open pit mine and tailings III, Bagdad, Arizona, 2005