HUA BIN: Aerial views of Chengdu and Chongqing

 

Aerial views of Chengdu and Chongqing

Photos from DJI Air 3S

Hua Bin

Feb 19, 2026

I am on a family trip to visit my wife’s folks for the Chinese New Year (Feb 17).

Her parents live in a city between Chengdu and Chongqing, the two major metropolis in Southwestern China. Chengdu, a city of 21 million, is best known for its panda reserves; and Chongqing, the size of Austria with a population of 32 million, for its spicy hotpot.

Chongqing was also the war-time capital during the Anti-Japanese War.

My own mother is originally from Chongqing and I myself stayed in Chongqing on and off during my childhood. Many relatives still live there.

I only paid short visits to the cities over the years. On this trip, we have a more relaxed schedule so I used the opportunity to indulge in some aerial photography.

I didn’t know the rules for Europe so sorely missed to take some aerial photos and videos when traveling in Spain a few months ago.

I thought it would be fun to share some photos from the trip since I myself am quite overwhelmed with the city landscape from the air.

The twin cities are no longer the polluted, smog-infected industrial dystopia of my childhood memory. They have turned into ultra modern high-tech lifestyle cities with dense skyscrapers and bustling streets.

The photos are taken with my new DJI Air 3S, a dual-camera drone featuring a 1-inch CMOS main camera and a 70mm tele camera that captures stunning 4K HDR video with 14-stop dynamic range and offers advanced night flight with forward LiDAR and smart features like Free Panorama and Subject Focusing.

Due to file size limits, I only uploaded several high definition photoes and reduced the resolution on the rest.

Hope you will enjoy them.

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