Silks are for Splits: The most awe-inspiring photos

Aerialists are among the greatest photographic subjects around (for obvious reasons). Watching aerialists perform live is thrilling, but the still camera captures what the eyes cannot: the incredible flexibility of these aerial athletes. Spines arch, feet flex, ribcages expand, and legs splits apart in mind-boggling ways. Never doubt how powerful and awe-inspiring women can be.

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Gorgeous splits move by Fiona Lait

Brittany Johnson

Oksana Pylypchuk

Bethany Finlay

Britt Storm

Acro Mel

Photo credit: Viacheslav Potemkin

By @joannaskoraaerial- photo by @rtamarra

From SOAP show

Photo Credit: yoganonymous.com

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