While capturing out of helicopters and little planes, Bernhard’s wish often had been to go higher than the altitude limits, to have a wider overview over the location. The possibility to work with satellite imagery enabled him to create imagery out of a view which is higher than the altitude limits of a helicopter. These Aerial Views of mines in Botswana, Niger and Zambia, where Diamonds, Gold, Nickel and Uranium are extracted, are fascinating in their abstract patterns, structures and enormous richness of detail.