Photo credit: Daniel Haussmann via Peta Pixel
Capturing a volcanic eruption up-close just isn’t possible with standard photography equipment, and that’s where drones come in. Photographer Daniel Haussmann found out the hard way that these flying machines can still get hit with the unexpected, and in this case, a flying chunk of lava from the erupting Geldingadalir volcano in Iceland. In all, he made a total of six visits to the site, and despite the accident, still managed to capture some amazing footage.
Haussmann mistakenly flew his DJI FPV drone a little too close to an erupting fissure, and believe it or not, he managed to recover the device with just some scratches as well as burn marks. The flying chunk spared the propellers and camera, which means that after some cosmetic repair work, it should be as good as new.
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โMy theory is that the piece it hit was still soft and therefore it only caused some scratches or burn marks on the plastic and did not actually break the arms that are as seen in other crashes. The interesting thing is that I see there are some red marks, too. I guess I was also lucky that the piece did not hit the propellers or the camera. I am relatively new to FPV, although I have flown classic DJI drones since 2014, starting with a Phantom 2,โ he says. โWhen the first leaks of the DJI FPV drone surfaced in December, I started training in a simulator and also bought some TinyWhoops to learn to fly FPV,” said Daniel Haussmann to Peta Pixel.
