A series of aerial photos taken in Vietnam by local and foreign photographers are among top selected entries at the Drone Photo Awards 2020. 

Alex Cao's "Alien Structure on Earth" captures buffaloes stirring up the soil water logged fields in central Quang Ngai Province. The annual Drone Photo Awards showcase beautiful aerial photographs in a number of categories including nature, cities, and people. This year's event attracts photographers from 126 economies.

In "Mountains of Salt," Spainese photographer Igor Altuna captures a farmer in a conical hat among cones of piled up salt on a field in the coastal province of Khanh Hoa.

Khanh Phan's "Crossing the Field" captures mother, daughter and herd of cows heading home after work.

Women wearing the traditional conical hat wash pink water lilies they have harvested in a flooded field in southern Long An Province in this capture by Trung Pham Huy.

"Fish market on the beach" by Khanh Phan is a riot of color and humanity.

"Herding ducks" by Thien Nguyen.

Tong Tran Son catches a large fishing net just as it takes flight from the hands of a fisherman.

"Yoga patterns" by Pham Hung.

Trung Pham Huy catches a woman harvesting water chestnuts.

Another drone shot by Trung Pham Huy makes a huge floating flower as a fishing net is cast.

Contest organizers announced the top 45 photos last month, saying the selected shots will be displayed October 24 to November 29 at the "Above Us Only Sky" exhibition at the Accademia dei Fisiocritici Museum in Italy's Siena.

The "Photo of the Year" prize went to "Love Heart of Nature" by Australian Jim Picôt. The photo, taken during winter in New South Wales, shows a shark amidst a heart-shaped school of salmon.

Photo courtesy of Drone Photo Awards