The 33 Best GoPro Photos Ever Will Make Your Jaw Drop
From swimming with sharks to leaping off a cliff during a rockslide, the best GoPro photos show you the world from angles you didn't think possible.
Photography used to be a painful process, with even simple portraits requiring the subject to sit still for hours. But over the years, we’ve seen monochrome turn to color, film turn to digital and, recently, drone photography become its own popular genre, while Instagram users (even the reprehensible ones) compete for hundreds of millions of fans.
Yet one cutting-edge photographic tool might beat out all others, at least when it comes to raw energy: the GoPro. The cameras are defined by a few key features: they’re sturdy, lightweight, waterproof, and mountable on any vehicle, thing, or location you can name. You’ll see that the possibilities are endless, as evidenced by the 33 best GoPro photos taken so far:
A Great White Shark erupts from the waters off the coast of Mossel Bay, South Africa.TIMEGoPro’s burst mode creates arresting images, as proven by extreme athlete Ronnie Renner in the photograph above.My Modern MetThe GoPro’s night photography capabilities are put to terrific use in this photo of summer heat lightning.GoProAn aurora colors the night sky above Clearwater Lake, Alaska.GoProSkier Caleb Farro soars through the sky in this epic GoPro selfie.My Modern MetThe water of Colorado’s Cache Le Poudre River runs black after a huge forest fire.My Modern MetThiago Correa documents his trip to the top of Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer statue, perched over 2,000 feet above the city.GoProThe overlook at Utah’s Bryce Canyon National Park.GoPro ChannelCamping on the cliff face at Utah’s Zion National Park.GoPro FacebookHere, extreme athlete Mark Freeman shows us the view from inside his own hot air balloon.TwistedSifterGary English bikes through a graffiti tunnel in Seoul, South Korea. Image Source: GoPro FacebookGoProAtop the Dolomites mountain range in northeastern Italy.GoProSunsets are always improved with gravity-defying stunts.GoProKayaking through the fjords of western Norway.G MagazineA surfer flies both a kite and a GoPro.GoProAn evening at the world's largest electronic music festival, Tomorowland.GoProA full circle rainbow shines above Kauai, Hawaii.GoProThis curious yak approached the camera at just the right angle.GoPro FacebookKyle Quin Schrock backflips during a rockslide in Beaver Falls, AZ.GoProThis beautiful beach scene would be stunning even without an underwater visitor.GoPro FacebookThis photographer thought he was getting a video—but created an even more arresting still image instead.ImgurThis photo of golfer Tahnia Ravnjak enjoys a unique vantage point.GoProA free runner hangs in mid-air above Santorini, Greece.Sick ModeThis moonlit long exposure was taken in the remains of Spain’s 15th century Castle of Barcience.GoProThe spirit of GoPro photography, combining beauty and motion.decompreSEANA father and child explore the tide pools at sunset in Puerto Penasco, Mexico.GoProThe waters of the Indian Ocean off the coast of Tanzania have never looked better.GoProA GoPro at a unique angle captured this tree from a Japanese garden in Portland, Oregon, in a new light. redditAn urban kayaker shows off his wide lens in this shot of the Chicago River.GoProNormal cameras shoot the Eiffel Tower from the ground up. GoPros can fit the entire landmark into a selfie.ImgurThis award-winning shot from Lithuania’s Airidas Vaičiūnas captures just as much beauty as adrenaline.GoProA bird of prey joins two thrill-seekers as they soar over Pokhara, Nepal.Parahawking
