National Geographic TV producer Bernard Walton choreographed my aerial shots of the sharks at MacArthur Beach State Park.
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Setting up the drone before flight, mounting the GoPro camera onto the gimbal. | Being filmed performing final checks before flight. |
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The Splash Drone is a fully waterproof quadcopter that was provided to this project by UrbanDrones. | The drone soaring out over the shark infested waters. |
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A small group of black tip sharks swimming by. At this height, biologists can study the kinematics of sharks. | Every speck is a six foot long black tip shark. |
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At the drone's maximum altitude of 400ft, the scale of the migration begins to become apparent. | Presenting my poster at the CoE SAC Symposium. |
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