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Monday, August 11, 2014

Drone over Shoreline

Drone over Shoreline
Photo by Jerry Pickard

By Jerry Pickard

While I was getting my supermoon shots from the Ballinger Terrace shopping center about ten minutes after nine on Sunday, I noticed am unusual flying object about 2000 feet up that was changing positions unlike a normal aircraft, up, down, and sideways in a way that got my attention. 

I focused on it with my best telephoto lens and all I could make out was red and green lights flashing. After I got home and downloaded the day's pictures I cropped the picture and when I printed I discovered it was a Quadcopter drone with a camera attached to the bottom of the craft.

It was right on the border between Mountlake Terrace and Shoreline.



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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 12, 2014 at 12:48 PM

    That is sure scary!!!!

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  2. AnonymousAugust 12, 2014 at 4:45 PM

    Why is that scary? It's only a consumer quadcopter and I highly doubt it was flying at 2000 ft.

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  3. CineseaAugust 12, 2014 at 5:48 PM

    It's scary because of a lack of privacy. The law states that you have an expectation of privacy in your home. Having a drone fly overhead destroys that privacy. The laws need to catch up to technology. If I see a drone overhead, I should have the right to take it down just as I would have the right to take down any intruder.

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