Sunday, 2 August 2015

Studying killer whales with an unmanned aerial vehicle


How scientists used UAV technology to get an entirely new view of a threatened population of killer whales

Date:
July 30, 2015
Source:
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
Summary:
Last year, for the first time, scientists used an unmanned aerial vehicle to photograph killer whales from above, giving scientists a new way to monitor killer whale health while giving us all a stunning new view of the species. In a recent article, scientists explain how they configured the UAV into a precision scientific instrument.

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