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Photographing abandoned structures

mikeexplorer

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The reason I bought a Bebop 2 was to be able to photograph areas I can't reach, or to get a perspective other then ground level.

First picture is an old railroad bed that once crossed the river, one of the concrete abutments is still present and the remains of the middle abutment are still in the river.

The second is the remains of a small power plant that once provided electricity to a small town in Northeast PA.

Since the Bebop2 has a built in GPS and records the coordinates in each picture is a key item for me choosing this drone.

Mike
 

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It would be interesting if you could find a picture of when the railroad was still intact and overlay one of your pictures to see a befor and after.

Sidd
 
When I get better at flying I plan to do that where I can Looking at the historical picture, see the larger circular container middle left? The Bebop picture shows the main bearing and drive still in the ground. This was known as a Dorr thickener, it separated small coal from the wash water.

Towards the right bottom is a double-tracked narrow gauge bridge for mine cars. I was too late to photograph it with the drone, the bridge was removed recently because one end of it collapsed in the river.
(I do have pictures of it when it was intact, but not with the drone)

Mike
 

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