ActionDrone
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Pilot by Manuel Santos from Mexico.
Quadcopter: AD1 by Action Drone USA
Camera : GoPro Hero 3+ Black
Quadcopter: AD1 by Action Drone USA
Camera : GoPro Hero 3+ Black
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Whale watching with our AD1 Quadcopter by Action Drone
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fltundra
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Please don't try this in the States. They will throw you in jail.
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soggybottoms
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good dubbing on the sound track
It's illegal to film whales?
dazzab
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Only if you don't get them to sign a release.
fltundra
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"Our “Southern Residents” are endangered and protected by state and federal law, and there is a strong local culture of respect for the whales. Boats must not approach closer than 200 yards—but that’s plenty close enough when you’re looking at a 30-foot mammal. The San Juan Islands Visitors Bureau supports responsible whale watching as a sustainable model for environmental stewardship."
- Approach within 200 yards of a southern resident whale;
- Position a vessel to be in the path of a southern resident whale at any point located within 400 yards of the whale. This includes intercepting a southern resident whale by positioning a vessel so that the prevailing wind or water current carries the vessel into the path of the whale at any point located within 400 yards of the whale. Vessels are defined as including aircraft, canoes, fishing vessels, kayaks, personal watercraft, rafts, recreational vessels, tour boats, whale watching boats, vessels engaged in whale watching activities, or other small craft including power boats and sailboats;
- Fail to disengage the transmission of a vessel that is within 200 yards of a southern resident whale; or
- Feed a southern resident whale.
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Good to know! That's about 600 feet distance, didn't know that. I know i have seen boats get a LOT closer than that though...