As part of our campaign of architectural documentation in the 2023 season, the BEARS team conducted some drone photography. This was particularly helpful on Raftis and Koroni, where steep slopes, gnarly vegetation, and large features combined to present considerable obstacles for terrestrial documentation. While useful, flying the drone is also kind of fun (or frightening, depending on your tolerance for sending a $3,000 lump of plastic with a short battery life zooming around over open water). Here are some drone’s eye out-takes from the season including a few ‘classic’ drone-operator selfies featuring team members staring intently at the drone or its remote controller.
