By Liana Jacob
HILARIOUS images from a new book reveal flying cats taken by a photographer by dropping them and snapping them as they fall to earth.

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Striking photographs show a series of cats in flying in the air with one ginger cat who has a menacing look in its eyes, while a fluffy white cat looks startled.

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Other images reveal the majestic silhouette of one cat sitting with its chest puffed out and another sphinx cat flying in action.

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The images were taken by dropping the cats from a small height and shooting them from below just before they landed on a foam mat, to prevent injury.

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The fascinating shots were taken by German photographer, Julia Christe, and has been compiled into a book called Flying Cats which is published by Knesebeck.

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“I enjoy this particular work, especially when they express joy and happiness. Sometimes it’s also just downright funny,” Julia said.

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Julia has received nothing but a positive response to her book.

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“Some people thought we had used a trampoline or thrown the cats from from a great height or even tortured them somehow. None of that is true! The cats are dropped from a very small height onto a foam mat. There is a making of the film which shows the photoshoot,” she said.

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Flying Cats is published by Knesebeck for £13.51 and is available here: https://www.knesebeck-verlag.de/flying_cats/t-1/719