Drones Capture Dolphin Stampede Off Southern California

[The Straight Story]

Last edited Thu Feb 27, 2014, 02:59 PM - Edit history (1)

A camera attached to a quadcopter drone deployed over the Pacific captured a dolphin stampede last month off Southern California and provided several other unsual overhead views of ocean life.

The Go Pro camera-equipped quadcopter was launched from a small inflatable craft about six miles off Dana Point during the Jan. 16 dolphin stampede. Dave Anderson, of Capt. Dave's Dolphin and Whale Safari in Dana Point, said the stampede numbered into the thousands and provided "jaw-dropping footage" unlike anything he previously captured on video.

Anderson combined the dolphin video with other drone shoots, including three gray whales migrating of San Clemente and an overhead view of a whale calf and its mother in Maui. Watch the video above.

"I have not been this excited about a new technology since we built our underwater viewing pods on our whale watching boat," Anderson said in an email. "Drones are going to change how we view the animal world."

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Dolphin-Stampede-Whale-Drones-Captain-Dave-247580371.html

[MineralMan]

1. Cool video footage.

[awoke_in_2003]

2. Very cool. nt

[catbyte]

3. I flew from Oahu to Maui one year & saw many mom/baby Humpback whales from the air

It was way cool, just like these shots.

[lovuian]

4. I loved that Thanks

they are so amazing

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. kick

[ReRe]

6. This is what drones should be used for...

... instead of killing people.

[calimary]

7. Shared.

The ocean is their HOME, dammit! I wish we humans would stop seeing it as little more than our toilet.