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Born in 1977, Kacper Kowalski is a graduate of the Technical University of Gdańsk,

where he studied architecture. After having worked in architecture for four years,

he devoted himself entirely to flying and photography. Both as a pilot and a

photographer, he takes aerial pictures of natural and urban environments of his

native Poland.

He has received numerous awards, including the World Press Photo award, the

Picture of the Year International (POYi) award, the Best of Photojournalism

(NPPA) award and the Sony World Photography Award.

-- WPO

出生於 1977年， Kacper Kowalski是畢業於格但斯克工業大學，在那裡他學習了建築學。在建築業已經工作了四年後，他將一生奉獻給飛行和攝影。無論是作為一名飛行員和一名攝影師，他把他的國家波蘭的自然和城市環境用航拍拍下照片。他曾獲得無數獎項，包括世界新聞攝影獎，年度最佳國際照片獎（ POYi ），最佳新聞攝影（ NPPA）獎和索尼世界攝影獎。-- WPO

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An aerial view of a Polish forest, with trees changing color. 3

A river runs through farmland in Kashubia. 4

An aerial view over fields of grain shows white chamomile, blue cornflower and other weeds growing amongst the grain sprouts.

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A road travels through a forest with the trees changing colors in season in Kashubia.

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Getting smaller and smaller lake area

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A patchwork of rice paddies and other crops in Shibuzhen 19

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Skiers wait their turn in Poland 27

Poland's Vistula River, the river is covered with ice, then a road bridge across the river

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A snow-covered industrial site at the port of Gdynia 30

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Aerial shot of trains at an industrial site in Gdynia, Poland.32

Blades for wind turbines.33

Poland PolkowiceAn aerial view of waste generated during the copper mining process in a flotation tailings reservoir belonging to KGHM Polska Miedz SA.

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Poland TurekAn aerial view of industrial waste at a thermal power station in Turek.

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Poland PoliceAn aerial view of the grounds of the Police Chemical Plant SA, a major producer of fertilisers, pigments, ammonia and urea.

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Poland BelchatowAn aerial view of industrial waste at a thermal power plant in Belchatow.

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Poland TurekAn aerial view of industrial waste at a thermal power station in Turek.

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Poland BelchatowAn aerial view of industrial waste at the Belchatow thermal power station.

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Poland PolkowiceAn aerial view of waste generated during the copper mining process in a flotation tailings reservoir belonging to KGHM Polska Miedz SA.

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Poland BelchatowAn aerial view of industrial waste at a thermal power station in Belchatow.

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Poland BelchatowAn aerial view of ash generated by the burning of fossil fuels seeping into a pool of waste water at a thermal power station.

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Poland PoliceAn aerial view of the grounds of the Police Chemical Plant SA, a major producer of fertilisers, pigments, ammonia and urea.

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Poland BelchatowAn aerial view of industrial waste at a thermal power station in Belchatow.

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Poland PoliceAn aerial view of trees surrounded by industrial tailings near the grounds of the Police Chemical Plant SA, a major producer of fertilisers, pigments, ammonia and urea.

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Wastewater discharged from natural gas power plants

Poland BialolekaWaste water pumped out from the gas-fired Zeran power plant operated by Vattenfall Heat Poland at Bialoleka.

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Poland JanikowoWaste from the salt producing process at the Janikowo Sodium Plant 'Janikosoda S.A.'.

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Poland BogatyniaAn open lignite mine in Bogatynia.

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Poland InowroclawWaste from the salt production process from Inowroclaw Chemical Plant.

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Poland BelchatowAn open lignite mine in Belchatow.

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Waste after copper mining processForest logging:An aerial view of woodcutters in the forest near Gdynia.

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Poland PolkowiceWaste after a copper mining process at Iron Bridge Lake from the flotation tailings reservoir belonging to KGHM Polska Miedz SA.

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A garbage dump ,Gdynia, Poland 56

A snow-covered orchard near Tczew, Poland. 57

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5/12/2014 王文堯 Kaohsiung Taiwan R.O.C All photos were taken from internet.More: Kacper Kowalski

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