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Photojournalist Jeremy Locks aerial obsession began when he served as a military photographer with the U.S. Air Force for 22 years. While clocking over 800 hours in the air, Lock found that he had a good bit of downtime on particularly long missions. I started taking photos out the window to give myself little challenges, he says. When he retired from the military in September 2013, the game had grown into such a passion that wherever he travels, he makes a point to spend time in the air, camera in hand.

Ever since retiring, Lock says that he loves traveling with his wife to places where he can continually hone his craft. On their 30-day trip through Africa, Lock grasped the perfect opportunity to not only get off the grid, but off the ground as well. Together with a pilot, the couple spent three days flying around the 1,000 miles of burnt orange and caramelized brown stretching along the Atlantic coast. According to Lock, those three days were the highlight of their trip to Africa her riding shotgun in the J430 and him hanging out the backdoor, together exploring the old scars and shape shifting land of Namibia.