[Rockhounds] Drone is Swallowed by a Volcano

[Drew]

The drone certainly added some lithium, gold, silver, tantalum, iridium,
plus other elements to the mix!

Drew

"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in
moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification
for selfishness."

On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 8:09 PM J Bryan Kramer <codeburner at gmail.com> wrote:

> Looked like a stunt to me, all the attention was worth the cost of the
> drone.
>
> BK
>
> ““There exists a law…inborn of our hearts…by natural intuition. … If our
> lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies, any
> and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right.””
> Cicero
>
> J Bryan Krämer       North Florida, USA
> photos at: http://pbase.com/photoburner
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 7:43 PM Kreigh Tomaszewski <kreigh at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Photographer and filmmaker Joey Helms ventured to Iceland in order to
> > capture footage of the volcanic eruption there. During a pass over the
> > mouth of the volcano, his DJI FPV was swallowed by lava and lost forever.
> >
> > As noted by Helms, first-person view drones — or FPV for short — are very
> > much prone to crashes. Part of DJI’s pitch
> > <
> >
> https://petapixel.com/2021/03/02/dji-launches-the-fpv-drone-shoot-4k-60-fps-video-at-87mph/
> > >
> > for
> > its aptly-named FPV drone was that it was not only durable but would be
> > supported with easily replaceable parts to address any crashes that would
> > assuredly happen to even the most seasoned pilot as evidenced during
> > *PetaPixel’s* own review of the DJI FPV drone
> > <
> >
> https://petapixel.com/2021/03/04/dji-fpv-review-a-racing-drone-for-the-non-racing-pilot/
> > >.
> > When a drone can fly at up to 87 miles per hour while also taking tight
> > turns and performing aerial stunts, crashes are pretty much unavoidable.
> >
> > “FPV drones are notorious for crashing, it is part of the hobby,” Helms
> > says. “So in an effort to get a unique vantage point and perspective into
> > the crater, we flew this remarkably capable drone as close to the lava
> > river and caldera as possible. One of them turned out to be its very last
> > flight. At least the goggles record a great 1080p image allowing us to
> > actually capture the last seconds the drone saw.”
> >
> >
> >
> https://petapixel.com/2021/06/01/watch-in-first-person-as-a-dji-drone-is-swallowed-by-a-volcano/
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