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Shark attack! - All you need is the 'Jaws' soundtrack as this kite surfaces from behind a hill.

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See you later, alligator - This enormous flying alligator takes flight in Cape Town's annual kite festival.

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Bottom-dweller - A giant octopus-shaped kite was surely the star of the show at the International Wind Festival in Valencia, Spain.

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Early flight - A kite enthusiast gets started against the beautiful backdrop of Gozo, Malta.

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Impostor - Some confused eagles try to make friends with a kite at the kite festival in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad.

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Godzilla? - A trick of perspective makes a lizard look particularly menacing at the Wind Fiesta in Buenos Aires.

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On the front lines - Frogs, birds, and fish lead the charge during an international kite festival in Cartagena, Colombia.

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Why ride when you can fly? - Children play with a very interesting choice for a kite at the International Kite Festival in Alcochete, Portugal.

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Light as rainbows - People help out the sky by sending up their own rainbows. 

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Up, up, and away - A man ambitiously flying several kites is lifted off the ground!

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A serene sight - Kite festivals are inherently serene as the shapes dance on the wind. 

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Whale watching - Hundreds of local and international kite-makers travel annually to Sydney's kite festival, perhaps attracted by the chance to manipulate nature against a gorgeous scene.

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Deep sea, but a little higher - The majestic movements of creatures under the water are given life high up in the air. 

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Team effort - Children work together to get their huge kite flying. 

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Flying feline - A man and his kite are both suspended in the air in this photo taken at the International Kite Festival in Mumbai.

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Something out of a fairy tale - A magical scene is created once everyone gets their kites floating. 

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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? - No, it's a young girl flying with the help of her father's leg in Redondo Beach, California.

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A horror movie - A huge tentacled kite looms over an ominously foggy scene in Chongqing, China.

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Witchcraft at play - If you look too fast you'll miss it. 

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Why fly just one at a time? - Participants fly strings of kites during an international kite festival in Doha, Qatar.

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Air traffic control - Strings of colorful kites line the skies in the streets of Malta. 

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Lantern kites - A man flies a kite made of 110 paper lanterns for the Hindu festival of Makar Sankranti, in Ahmedabad.

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Endless entertainment for kids - Kids from the Khayelitsha township in Cape Town enjoy the scene at the International Kite Festival.

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Busy skies - Birds flew the scene as Palestinian children flew kites during a festival in the northern Gaza Strip. 

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Deep sea migration - Creatures from the deep catch some air at the Festival of the Winds on Sydney's Bondi Beach.

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Impressive creations - Hugh and Lynn Bowers of Suffolk, UK, watch their 20-m nylon cat kite "Rusty" fly during the Kite Festival in London.

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Birds and bugs - Kite festivals celebrate all the flying critters.

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The sky is the limit - A very peculiar choice of kite gulps down wind at Malta's festival.

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Found Nemo - At these festivals it's quite clear that fish are friends, not food. 

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A killer dive - Surfers seem quite unbothered when a dark, looming shape approaches from land. 

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Fantasy flight - Video game characters drift in the wind as a kite enthusiast snaps a shot. 

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Rare sights - A child races a fish on land and actually may lose. 

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Beached whale - This big blue takes a break as the wind dies down. 

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Funny fish - Children play with this magical, floating fish as part of Cape Town's International Kite Festival.

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The not-so-majestic set-up - Enthusiasts battle the wind for the enjoyment of so many others. 

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Aquatic takeover -

Don't miss the little penguin!

See also: Breathtaking balloon journeys from around the world

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