Mormon Temples are beautiful architectural creations. This video tour takes you on an aerial flight over the temples in Utah sverneophx / Pixabay DanesDrones posted this great footage of the Utah-based Mormon Temples. If you are interested in learning more about the temples I would recommend checking out the LDS website.
Read MoreIn a project focused on building an understanding of how microbial life could exist and colonize an extreme environment, a drone takes great volcano video nafergo / Pixabay The Daily Mail has a great story about Sam Cossmann and his team in the Pacific island republic of Vanuatu. Using high tech tools like drones and an amazing suit that can handle temperatures of 3000F, they capture amazing volcano video and photos as a part of their research.
Read MoreDrone Crashes Happen.. If it is not your drone you might even find it funny. Check out this week’s YouTube video spotlight. Unsplash / Pixabay Like drone crashes? There are plenty to enjoy in this compilation. Our favorite? The motor bike and the drone, a love story.
Read MoreThe land of Jordan is beautiful, and mysterious – No more so than when it is being viewed from the perspective of DJI drones flying high above. This great movie project is spotlighted on Vimeo. As the movie makers note: “Jordan is a land enshrouded in mystery. Serving as a crossroads of humanity for thousands of years has left the country with a cultural diversity unmatched by few. Come along with Matador as we explore this beautiful land from an angle never before seen, an aerial delight captured using…
Read MoreThe Hill of Slane goes back – prehistory, probably as far as the Neolithic. Drone Girl Ireland provides us a great video tour of the hill and the castle In ancient Dindshenchas mythology, Fir Bolg king Sláine apparently has been buried on the Hill of Slane. In Christian history the hill was established after the St. Patrick lit the first paschal fire. The hill remained long after St. Patrick appointed Erc as the first Bishop – a monastery survived on the Hill of Slane even after successive raids by the…
Read MoreIntel, DJI and Fudan University partnered on creating a cool solution, a drone-based solution to monitoring cars and dispensing parking tickets Antranias / Pixabay No one enjoys receiving parking tickets. However, this video from DJI, provides as part of their announcement about the DJI Developer Platform updates today, provides us with a simple example of how autonomous vehicles will be used in the not-so-distant future. As long as they do not make them to look like the Terminator I am excited to see what comes next.
Read MoreThe drone industry is serious business but sometimes we all need a little drone humor to lighten things up. This YouTube video is definitely drawing a lot of attention, bringing drone humor to us all. It is nicely wrapped in a horror movie spoof, enjoy!
Read MorePowerscourt Waterfall is located on the river Dargle – Enniskerry, County Wicklow, in Ireland. Drone Girl Ireland provides us a great video tour The Powerscourt Waterfall is the highest in Ireland. The Estate’s web page notes: “Powerscourt Waterfall is Ireland’s highest at 121m (398ft.) and is 5km from the Main Estate. It is set in one of Ireland’s most beautiful parklands at the foothills of the Wicklow Mountains. As you drive from the gatelodge towards the Waterfall you are surrounded by Beech, Oak, Larch and Pine trees some of…
Read MoreAnother great video outside Trim Castle, a Norman castle – south bank of the River Boyne – Trim, County Meath, Ireland. The Drone Girl Ireland creates amazing aerial video with her Yuneec Q500 drone. In this video tour she shows us Trim Castle, a film made famous to many through the Mel Gibson movie, Braveheart. Wikipedia includes the following information about the castle: “The Castle was used as a centre of Norman administration for the Lordship of Meath, one of the new administrative areas of Ireland created by King…
Read MoreThe Fore Abbey Ruins in Ireland are well worth a tour – Thanks to Drone Girl we can check it out Wikipedia also notes: “Fore Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Fhobhair) is the old Benedictine Abbey ruin, situated to the north of Lough Lene in County Westmeath, Ireland. Fore village, (sister parish of nearby St. Mary’s Collinstown) is situated within a valley between two hills: the Hill of Ben, the Hill of Houndslow, and the Anchorland rise area. There can be found the ruins of a Christian monastery, which had been populated at one time by French Benedictine monks from Évreux, Normandy. Fore, Fobhar is the anglicised version of the Irish name that signifies…
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