The incredible winners of the 2022 Drone Photo Awards revealed

You will be thunderstruck! From a monster thundercloud in Australia to a VERY long train in the Sahara - the amazing winners of the 2022 Drone Photo Awards have been revealed Thousands of aerial shots were submitted to the competition by more than 2,600 photographers from 116 country French photographer Armand Sarlangue wins first prizeThe winning images will be presented at an exhibition in Siena, Italy, from October 1 to November 20

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< p class="byline-section"> Posted: 4:41 PM BST, 9 Sep 2022 | Updated: 4:44 PM BST, 9 September 2022

The winners of the 2022 Drone Photo Awards are here, and they're bound to leave you in awe - especially the two that show off dramatic storm clouds.

< p class="mol-para-with-font">Thousands of aerial images were submitted to the competition this year by more than 2,600 photographers from 116 countries around the world.

As well as documenting spectacular storms, scenes captured by the winning films include a crocodile feasting on a dead hippopotamus in Zambia, a pair of polar bears playing together in the Arctic and a huge iron ore train crossing the Sahara desert.< /p>

At the top of the podium, however, is an extraordinary image of a volcanic eruption in Iceland, captured by French photographer Armand Sarlangue.

The award-winning and acclaimed images will be featured at the "Above Us" exhibition Only Sky" at the Natural History Museum in Siena, Italy, from October 1 to November 20, as part of the Siena Awards festival dedicated to the visual arts.

Below is MailOnline Travel's selection of winners and runners-up - scroll all the way down to see the image that reigns supreme overall...