Above it all

See how many buildings you recognize in this gallery by University Communications photographer Bryce Richter, who captured stunning aerial views of Madison and the UW–Madison campus from a helicopter on Oct. 23, 2018.

Photo: Aerial view of Monona Terrace, the Capitol and surrounding buildings

Madison’s isthmus, looking up Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard from Monona Terrace to the Capitol. Photo: Bryce Richter

Photo: Aerial view of UW and VA hospitals

UW Hospital and Clinics (center) and the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital (right). Photo: Bryce Richter

The Near West Playing Fields (center), with the towering Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) building behind them. Photo: Bryce Richter

Photo: Aerial view of Camp Randall Stadium

Camp Randall Stadium, photographed with a fisheye lens, with Lake Mendota (upper left) and Lake Monona (upper right) flanking the downtown Madison isthmus. Photo: Bryce Richter

Foreground, left to right: One Alumni Place, the Red Gym, Alumni Park, the Memorial Union and Helen C. White Hall line the Lake Mendota shore. Photo: Bryce Richter

Photo: Aerial view of Bascom Hill and surrounding campus area

Bascom Hall (center) with Van Hise Hall rising behind it. Lake Mendota is at right. Photo: Bryce Richter

Looking down Henry Mall from Agricultural Hall (bottom) to Engineering Hall. Photo: Bryce Richter

Photo: Aerial view of Union South and surrounding area

Union South is at the center of this view from campus to the isthmus and beyond. Photo: Bryce Richter

Photo: AOSS building and surrounding area

The Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences Building dominates its surroundings, looking east. Photo: Bryce Richter