I Melted My Drone Camera Flying Too Close To The Lava Flows Of Mount Kilauea, Hawaii
In October 2017 I spent 2 weeks shooting in Hawaii. The first stop
was Big Island, where a friend and I shot the lava flows of Kilauea
volcano. We hiked about 8 kilometers to reach the red hot lava, which
fortunately was flowing outside the boundary of the national park. This
enabled me to use my drone and capture unique aerial perspectives of the
amazing flows.
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An hour into
our visit, new lava rivers simply burst straight out of the mountain
side, and flowed, diverging and converging, down the slopes. We were
truly mesmerized by the unusual display, and spent in all about 3 hours
shooting at daytime, sunset and twilight.
At some point, I was noticing the right side of the drone images was getting darker. I continued shooting but when I went back to the apartment, I was surprised to see the plastic inside the drone camera had melted when I was shooting close to the lava! It was worth it, though!
At some point, I was noticing the right side of the drone images was getting darker. I continued shooting but when I went back to the apartment, I was surprised to see the plastic inside the drone camera had melted when I was shooting close to the lava! It was worth it, though!
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My poor drone!
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