An aerial view of Nabiyotum Crater in Lake Turkana - the world's largest desert lake and the world's largest alkaline lake - in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya. Photographer Martin Harvey said: "These photographs were taken while accompanying clients on exclusive helicopter safaris in Namibia, Botswana and Kenya. I take top business people and entrepreneurs.
Picture: Martin Harvey / Barcroft Media

"Seeing the wilderness of Africa from above is a unique experience, and viewing large numbers of animals from above is awe inspiring," says Martin. "It's an incredible experience and gives one a completely different perspective than one gets from the ground. Taking pictures from the air is also great fun.

An aerial view of red lechwe antelope running on floodplains in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Picture: Martin Harvey / Barcroft Media

"These helicopter safaris are always done with well-maintained helicopters and very experienced pilots. It's probably much more dangerous driving on Africa's roads."

Aerial view of camels being watered in the Chalbi Desert, Kenya
Picture: Martin Harvey / Barcroft Media

A hot-air balloon floats over the Namib desert
Picture: Martin Harvey / Barcroft Media

Cape buffalo in Kenya are pictured from the air
Picture: Martin Harvey / Barcroft Media

An aerial view of two hippos underwater in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Picture: Martin Harvey / Barcroft Media

Aerial view of a Maasai boma or livestock enclosure in Kenya
Picture: Martin Harvey / Barcroft Media

An aerial view of African elephants in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Picture: Martin Harvey / Barcroft Media

Magado Crater, located at the northeast tip of the Nyambeni mountain range in Kenya.
Picture: Martin Harvey / Barcroft Media

An aerial view of Hidden Vlei in the Namib desert
Picture: Martin Harvey / Barcroft Media

Ololokwe mountain, a striking landmark in Northern Kenya
Picture: Martin Harvey / Barcroft Media

A rocky outcrop in Lake Turkana, situatated in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya
Picture: Martin Harvey / Barcroft Media

An aerial view of red sand dunes at Sossusvlei in the Namib desert
Picture: Martin Harvey / Barcroft Media

An aerial view of dunes in the Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia
Picture: Martin Harvey / Barcroft Media

Nature has eye set on beauty.

The view from a hot air balloon over the Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia
Picture: Martin Harvey / Barcroft Media

African elephants in Kenya
Picture: Martin Harvey / Barcroft Media

Giraffes run in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Picture: Martin Harvey / Barcroft Media

Herders tend to their goats at the Koroli springs in the Chalbi desert north of Kenya, near the border with Ethiopia
Picture: Martin Harvey / Barcroft Media

An aerial view of Sossusvlei in the Namib desert
Picture: Martin Harvey / Barcroft Media

The helicopter casts a shadow on rock formations as it flies through Suguta Valley in Kenya
Picture: Martin Harvey / Barcroft Media

An aerial view of sand dunes at Sossusvlei in the Namib desert
Picture: Martin Harvey / Barcroft Media

An aerial view of a buffalo herd in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Picture: Martin Harvey / Barcroft Media

Dunes in the Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia
Picture: Martin Harvey / Barcroft Media

Red Lechwe run on a floodplain in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Picture: Martin Harvey / Barcroft Media

Flamingoes are reflected in Walvisbay, Namibia.
Picture: Heinrich van den Berg / Barcroft Media

Gulden's unique photographic methods are unconventional, utilising innovative tactics such as mounting cameras into eagle’s nests and hanging and setting up cameras with infra-red beams.
Here: a photograph entitled Elefight
Picture: DAVID GULDEN

The Centre Cannot Hold features 95 black-and-white photographs detailing the natural canvas of the animals and their environment.
Picture: DAVID GULDEN

Photos from the book The Centre Cannot Hold by photographer David Gulden
Picture: DAVID GULDEN

Photos from the book The Centre Cannot Hold by photographer David Gulden
Picture: DAVID GULDEN

Photos from the book The Centre Cannot Hold by photographer David Gulden
Picture: DAVID GULDEN

Most of these natural n beautiful scenes are in Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana, Namibia and ziimbabwe. I so want to visit these areas.