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By Phillip Torrone
Posted 2012/01/27 @ 3:00 pm
Category General

Drone Pilot Discovers River of Meat Blood…

A Dallas drone hobbyist was flying his rig around one bright Texan afternoon, scouting the skies, when he hovered across something perturbing: an enormous, oozing river of blood behind a meatpacking plant.

This was one of our predictions for 2012, not the rivers of blood, but drones being used by “citizen journalists” more and more – I think this is a good example, even if accidental. My friend Johngineer posted up a great list of “The future of Drones”.

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6 Responses to NEWS FROM THE FUTURE – Drone Pilot Discovers “River of Meat Blood”

kip on January 27th, 2012 at 3:53 pm said:

More documentation please!

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trkemp on January 27th, 2012 at 8:03 pm said:

The original article is here along with information on the UAS used:
http://www.suasnews.com/2012/01/11389/dallas-meat-packing-plant-investigated-after-drone-images-reveal-pollution/

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Daniel Kim on January 28th, 2012 at 8:23 am said:

It may be illegal to take photos of farms in some states.

http://www.npr.org/2011/04/13/135369911/why-photographing-farms-could-be-criminal-behavior

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skr on January 28th, 2012 at 12:42 pm said:

Aren’t there some privacy concerns regarding this? I dont think this would apply in this case, but iirc there are flight elevation floors and flight restrictions over residential neighborhoods.

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- Alan Dove on January 30th, 2012 at 7:01 am said:
  
  Flight floor rules are safety regs, not privacy regs, and they apply only to full-size piloted aircraft, not small RC models.
  
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Craig on January 29th, 2012 at 7:08 am said:

Depending on the resolution of the images in that area, (rural or urban) wouldn’t Google Earth show the same thing? In some areas Google Earth images barely make a house visible, but in my area I can see the power lines going to my garage and my grill on my patio. There obviously has been a cesspool burm built years ago for this runoff. It has been going on for years.

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