Year-ender 2021: These aerial images of the year will leave you awestruck

A lake in a shape of a heart is seen surrounded by autumn-coloured trees outside Balashikha, Moscow region, Russia on October 4, 2021.

An aerial view shows a person walking near parasols on a beach of the Ionian Sea in Dhermi, Albania on June 20, 2021.

Cars drive on a road that leads from the Israeli town of Mitzpe Ramon into the Ramon crater in the Negev desert, southern Israel on October 22, 2021.

An aerial view of the golden and rust-coloured leaves in the Gavre Forest in Le Gavre near Nantes, France on November 18, 2021.

An aerial view shows a hockey rink after a match on the ice of Lake Baikal, organized to draw attention to the environmental problems of the lake, in the village of Bolshoye Goloustnoye in Irkutsk region, Russia on March 8, 2021.

Golden and rusty leaves colour the autumn as a river barge navigates on the Canal du Nord, in Ruyaulcourt, France on November 3, 2021.

WaterAid and Sand In Your Eye giant sand portrait is seen on Whitby Beach, Britain on March 15, 2021.

An aerial view shows hoverboats on the ice of lake Baikal near the village of Bolshoye Goloustnoye in Irkutsk region, Russia on March 8, 2021.

Flooding resulting from a severe weather event with prolonged rains is seen at the Hawkesbury River northwest of Sydney in Wisemans Ferry, Australia on March 25, 2021.

Lava oozes from a new fissure near Fagradalsfjall, Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland on April 9, 2021.