Photographer: Scott Serfas Athlete: John Jackson Location: Aniak, AK, USA

Photographer: Scott Serfas Athlete: John Jackson Location: Aniak, AK, USA

The physical design of the GoPro camera changed videography, as its small, wearable form factor gave rise to POV footage previously impossible to capture. It gifted us viewers with an entirely new visual experience of the world. Along those same lines, the software that enables what's known as sequential photography is allowing us to see things that the human eye cannot naturally perceive. And produced by the right shooter, those things are freaking beautiful.

Photographer: Christian Pondella Athlete: Brandon Semenuk Location: Virgin, UT, USA

Photographer: Christian Pondella Athlete: Brandon Semenuk Location: Virgin, UT, USA

A handful of those shooters around the globe are making fantastic use of sequential photography, as evidenced by the finalists in the Sequence category of the Red Bull Illume Image Quest 2013 photography contest.

Photographer: Zakary Noyle Athlete: Gabriel Medina Location: Oahu, HI, USA

Photographer: Zakary Noyle Athlete: Gabriel Medina Location: Oahu, HI, USA

The triennially-held competition, which will hold their award ceremony at the end of this month in Hong Kong, has posted a massive gallery of the top 250 entries across ten categories.

Photographer: Blotto Gray Athlete: Jeremy Jones Location: Anchorage, AK, USA

Photographer: Blotto Gray Athlete: Jeremy Jones Location: Anchorage, AK, USA

Photographer: Graeme Murray Athlete: Chuck Berry Location: Wanaka, New Zealand

Photographer: Mike Leeds Athlete: Evan Garcia Location: Spirit Falls, Little White Salmon River, WA, USA

Photographer: Mike Leeds Athlete: Evan Garcia Location: Spirit Falls, Little White Salmon River, WA, USA

Photographer: Andres Valencia Athlete: Matias Rodriguez Location: Grampians National Park, Victoria, Australia

Photographer: Andres Valencia Athlete: Matias Rodriguez Location: Grampians National Park, Victoria, Australia

Photographer: Andreas Busslinger Athlete: Chrigel Maurer Location: Bachalpsee, Grindelwald-First, Switzerland

Photographer: Andreas Busslinger Athlete: Chrigel Maurer Location: Bachalpsee, Grindelwald-First, Switzerland

Photographer: Dan Carr Athlete: Sammy Carlson Location: Whistler, BC, Canada

Photographer: Dan Carr Athlete: Sammy Carlson Location: Whistler, BC, Canada

Photographer: Richard Baybutt Athlete: Dan Clifford Location: Sheffield, United Kingdom

Photographer: Richard Baybutt Athlete: Dan Clifford Location: Sheffield, United Kingdom

Check out the full gallery here.