Above All - Ohio | Stock Photo of the Week Archives | 2012

February 20-26, 2012

"Toboggan Chutes?"

The water slides at Zoombezi Bay Waterpark, located on the northwest side of Columbus, Ohio, look more like a collection of toboggan chutes in this icy aerial view we captured last winter.

The near vertical summer view of the park that we featured in 2010 probably makes the park look much more inviting than this oblique aerial view taken last Februay does.

However, just because these slides and pools are iced over and covered in snow, winter waterpark fun in Ohio is definitely not out of the question. Check out aerial photos of America's largest INDOOR waterpark here and here!

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February 13-19, 2012

"The Terminal Tower Stands Alone"

The Terminal Tower, downtown Cleveland's landmark skyscraper, seemingly stands alone in this somewhat uncommon view looking east/southeast from a helicopter.

The iconic building means many things to many people in northern Ohio. Personally, whenever this photographer sees it, I can't help but think of my great-grandparents who set out on a ship from the Netherlands with four very young children in 1896. They arrived at Ellis Island in New York City in September of that year, then took a train to Ohio -- arriving at this very building.

It may seem crazy that entire families would leave their homes to seek out a new and better life in a foreign country, but the romance of the adventure is certainly not lost on me this Valentine's Day...

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February 6-12, 2012

"Lake Erie Ice"

The unusually mild winter here in the midwest means that we are unlikely to see ice covering Lake Erie as we did last winter when this photo was taken.

As it is the most shallow of the Great Lakes with an average depth of only 62 feet, ice is certainly not an uncommon sight on Lake Erie. Local WJW FOX-8 meteorologist Scott Sabol put together a nice set of graphics comparing last year's ice coverage with this year's in a blog entry last month. Check it out and find out how the ice coverage (or lack thereof...) affects northern Ohio's lake effect snow as well!

UPDATE: Here is another of Scott's blog entries, updated February 14, 2012, with even more statistics: Scott Sabol's World of Weather

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January 30 - February 5, 2012

"Ice Bowl"

The Cleveland Browns football team has won a total of four league championships in its history, dating back to 1946. Unfortunately, this aerial view of a cold and icy Cleveland Stadium pretty much sums up the Browns' history since their last championship in 1964.

Although they've had a few seasons where they came within one win of a trip to "the big game," they have been frozen out of it since 1964 - 3 years prior to the first year the game was billed as the "Super Bowl."

One of our sister offices is located in Indianapolis - site of this year's championship game. If you need stock photos or video of the downtown area, please give us a call! We will have broadcast ready HD aerial video and very high resolution photos available!

Update: Here is a link to some sample stock footage, acquired just prior to the game: Pre-game crowd

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January 23-29, 2012

"Glass City at Night"

Downtown Toledo, Ohio, and the Maumee River shine in this night time aerial photograph.

Night time aerials are a very tricky assignment - slow shutter speeds combined with a camera moving in excess of 100 miles per hour make it very difficult to get great images.

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January 16-22, 2012

"Atmospheric Rumble Strips"

We're usually pointing the camera at things on the ground while we're in the air, but sometimes it's worth turning the lens towards the sky...

We noticed these interesting clouds early last summer while flying over rural eastern Ohio. Clouds like this are too high for our piston-engine powered airplane to reach. That's fine with us, though - patterns like this usually indicate some kind of turbulence in the atmosphere.

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January 9-15, 2012

"Airport Parking"

The bright yellow fuselages of cargo carrier DHL's planes stood out from a distance, so we decided to go take a closer look. This near vertical panoramic photo shows how airplanes are parked on the ramp (often incorrectly referred to as the "tarmac"). This arrangement allows the planes to use the available real estate more efficiently.

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January 1-8, 2012

"Starting the Year with a Bang"

In 2007, we closed out our Stock Photo of the Week gallery with a bang. This year, the city of Huron, Ohio, started their year with a bang. (Fortunately, Huron's explosion was planned...)

This building, formerly owned by Con-Agra and a very visible landmark in the city, sat along the Huron River where it empties into Lake Erie. The city decided to raze the building to make room for new development along the shore.

Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this implosion was that seven-year-old Max Hinton, a youg man from California who suffers from neuroblastoma, was chosen to push the button to bring down the granary through the Make-A-Wish foundation.

More information, including video footage of the implosion can be found here and here.

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