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.TIME 
GoPro’s burst mode creates arresting images, as proven by extreme athlete Ronnie Renner in the photograph above.My Modern Met 
The GoPro’s night photography capabilities are put to terrific use in this photo of summer heat lightning.GoPro 
An aurora colors the night sky above Clearwater Lake, Alaska.GoPro 
Skier Caleb Farro soars through the sky in this epic GoPro selfie.My Modern Met 
The water of Colorado’s Cache Le Poudre River runs black after a huge forest fire.My Modern Met 
Thiago Correa documents his trip to the top of Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer statue, perched over 2,000 feet above the city.GoPro 
The overlook at Utah’s Bryce Canyon National Park.GoPro Channel 
Camping on the cliff face at Utah’s Zion National Park.GoPro Facebook 
Here, extreme athlete Mark Freeman shows us the view from inside his own hot air balloon.TwistedSifter 
Gary English bikes through a graffiti tunnel in Seoul, South Korea. Image Source: GoPro FacebookGoPro 
Atop the Dolomites mountain range in northeastern Italy.GoPro 
Sunsets are always improved with gravity-defying stunts.GoPro 
Kayaking through the fjords of western Norway.G Magazine 
A surfer flies both a kite and a GoPro.GoPro 
An evening at the world's largest electronic music festival, Tomorowland.GoPro 
A full circle rainbow shines above Kauai, Hawaii.GoPro 
This curious yak approached the camera at just the right angle.GoPro Facebook 
Kyle Quin Schrock backflips during a rockslide in Beaver Falls, AZ.GoPro 
This beautiful beach scene would be stunning even without an underwater visitor.GoPro Facebook 
This photographer thought he was getting a video—but created an even more arresting still image instead.Imgur 
This photo of golfer Tahnia Ravnjak enjoys a unique vantage point.GoPro 
A free runner hangs in mid-air above Santorini, Greece.Sick Mode 
This moonlit long exposure was taken in the remains of Spain’s 15th century Castle of Barcience.GoPro 
The spirit of GoPro photography, combining beauty and motion.decompreSEAN 
A father and child explore the tide pools at sunset in Puerto Penasco, Mexico.GoPro 
The waters of the Indian Ocean off the coast of Tanzania have never looked better.GoPro 
A GoPro at a unique angle captured this tree from a Japanese garden in Portland, Oregon, in a new light. reddit 
An urban kayaker shows off his wide lens in this shot of the Chicago River.GoPro 
Normal cameras shoot the Eiffel Tower from the ground up. GoPros can fit the entire landmark into a selfie.Imgur 
This award-winning shot from Lithuania’s Airidas Vaičiūnas captures just as much beauty as adrenaline.GoPro 
A bird of prey joins two thrill-seekers as they soar over Pokhara, Nepal.ParahawkingLiked our collection of the best GoPro pictures? Check out Amos Chapple's stunning drone photos, or see the view from a GoPro mounted on a fighting robot.
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