It’s one thing to explore Nebraska by car and on foot – it’s another thing entirely to see our beautiful state from above. These 20 aerial photos all give us a different perspective on life in Nebraska.

Downtown Lincoln, Including the Stunning Capitol Building

Wikimedia/Unknown

An Overview of Center Pivot Irrigation Near Deverre

Wikimedia/Codrin.B

A New View of Chimney Rock

National Park Service

Flying Through a Thunderstorm (With Accompanying Lightning) Over Omaha

flickr/Doc Searls

Falls City High School as Seen From the Sky

Wikimedia/Ichabod

Omaha From the Air

flickr/Ron Reiring

The City of Scottsbluff, With the Famous Rock Formations on the Left

Wikimedia/Bobak Ha’Eri

A Farewell Photo as a Plane Leaves Nebraska

flickr/Bryce Spivey

The Village of Thedford in the Sandhills

Wikimedia/Doc Searls

Endless Cottony Clouds Above a Grid of Farmland

flickr/Laura Heller

The Campus of Union College in Lincoln

Wikipedia/Steve Nazario

The Mighty Mo Carving Out the Border Between Nebraska and Iowa

flickr/Ron Reiring

Sutherland Reservoir - LOVE the Shadow of the Cloud on the Water!

flickr/WorldIslandInfo.com

Coming in for a Landing at the Minden Airport

flickr/Craig Kohtz

Some Neatly Plowed Fields and Picturesque Topography

flickr/Phillip Capper

Lake McConaughy as the Birds See It

flickr/Doug

The Swollen Missouri River With Downtown Omaha in the Background

flickr/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

DeSoto Refuge on the Bank of the Missouri River

flickr/USFWS - Brian Lubinski

A Vintage View of the North Platte Business District

flickr/Pamla J. Eisenberg

The Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act Site at West Papillion Creek

flickr/USDA

Have you taken any amazing shots of Nebraska from a plane, helicopter, or hot air balloon? Please be sure to share them on our Facebook page!

Wikimedia/Unknown

Wikimedia/Codrin.B

National Park Service

flickr/Doc Searls

Wikimedia/Ichabod

flickr/Ron Reiring

Wikimedia/Bobak Ha’Eri

flickr/Bryce Spivey

Wikimedia/Doc Searls

flickr/Laura Heller

Wikipedia/Steve Nazario

flickr/WorldIslandInfo.com

flickr/Craig Kohtz

flickr/Phillip Capper

flickr/Doug

flickr/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

flickr/USFWS - Brian Lubinski

flickr/Pamla J. Eisenberg

flickr/USDA

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