Only a few years ago, unmanned vehicles aka drones looked like a far fetched dreams for normal people. These unmanned vehicles were only used for military purposes but things have changed and today drones are being used for several recreational purposes, and most of them now have high-quality cameras installed with them which helps people all around the globe to capture those amazing moments that were really difficult to capture back in the past. With the help of a drone, people are using it in the most unique way that helps them in taking that one perfect shot which was hard to get. Keeping that in mind we have a list of most bizarre and surprising scenes which we don't get to see in our day to day lives. Let's see what all people have captured with the help of drones that surprised everybody when they came out.
When Mark Romanov and Forrest Galante was working on his documentary he took some shots through drones just off the coast of Southern California. The documentary was about the relationship between human and sharks. You can see two women Jessica and Kelly high-fiving each other on their paddleboards but what is that black thing? It was the great white which was swimming just below them and nobody would have noticed that there were five great white sharks if they wouldn't have used the drone. "It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience to be so close to great whites in their natural habitat. At times, the sharks got so close to my paddleboard that I could see their color, fins, and gills in detail. I was so in the moment that I didn’t realize how much adrenaline I had until I was out of the water," said Kelly. Did you know Gulliver was real?
This image was taken by a drone from bird's-eye view above in the field located in Edinburgh, Scotland. This statue which is also known as Gulliver the Gentle Giant was created by a convicted murderer and former gangster Jimmy Boyle back when he was serving the punishment in the Barlinnie Prison in Glasgow. In 1976, the statue was revealed to the general public and it became children's favorite local playground. With time the statue was damaged and eventually was removed from the location in 2011. The local government then decided to convert the place to a prevention system. Prior to that, luckily, the place was scanned from above and the captured image is in front of you.
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There are almost 1.4 billion people in China which makes it the most populated country in the world. Not only this place is crowded with people but also holds a record to experience some of the world's worst traffic jams ever seen. This drone image is proof that China is the most populated city in the world. If you think this image is a shot from some parking lot in China then my friend you are very wrong. This image is from the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macau Expressway which is a 50-lane road. This week-long jam happened during the Chinese national holiday called "Golden Week." The worst traffic jam ever recorded lasted for 12 days where some motorists were only able to move a mile a day.
After seeing this image one can easily say that this might be an actual scene after some natural disaster, right? Wrong. This image is of a stadium known as the Silverdome which was once home to the Detroit Lions football team who left the stadium for their new home Ford Field in 2002. The Silverdome has hosted several world-class events including the Super Bowl, an event specifically for the pope, the NBA finals, an Elvis concert, and numerous other amazing events during its heyday. In 2009, one company purchased the stadium and planned to turn this stadium into a soccer stadium but nothing happened and it was left abandoned and it looks damn scary. This drone image of this legend stadium is worth thousands of words. What do you think?
The Six Flags theme park located in New Orleans East was left abandoned after the Hurricane Katrina struck in August of 2005. One of the photographers took this shot with the help of a drone and even after two weeks this theme park showed the signs of disaster that was caused by Hurricane Katrina. A number of different plans were proposed for the site but nothing has been done to reconstruct the park. Today, this theme park has become a new ghost-town for the youngsters and the New Orleans Police Department has to patrol the park 24-hours a day to make sure that no thrill seekers enter the park.
This image was a part of the 'Dronestagram' travel photography contest. Mont Saint-Michel is one of France's most sought places and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. If you can notice there is a fort between the island which was built in 8thh century AD. Back in the past, the island helped the fort in many ways. Like during low tide, the fort was accessible to numbers of pilgrims who visited the place and at the time of high tide, it saved the castle from the invaders. Because of its strategic location, Mont Saint-Michel remained untouched during the Hundred Years' War even though the English tried their best to take over the commune.
Have you ever thought where these old US fighter jets go to die? You have no idea, right? Because you only think about yourself! Jokes apart there is a place called "The Boneyard" in Tucson, Arizona. This place was built after World War II and has a capacity to store about 4,000 aircraft, which makes this place one of its kind in the world. This place was chosen for a very specific reason which was the fact that the Southwestern United States has very low humidity and because of that the metal doesn't corrode. On average, this place is responsible for sending back approximately $500 million worth of spare parts to the US government.
This incredible drone photo features an aerial view of the city of Hong Kong. Hong Kong has the largest number of skyscrapers in the whole world and they may be strikingly beautiful to watch but, beneath these skyscrapers lies a major problem with the city's housing market. Hong Kong is the fourth most populated city in the world with more than 7 million people living in its densely structured perimeters. The housing market has been struggling to provide the more living space, but due to lack of space people are living in a smaller apartment that is sold at a very extremely high price.
This beautiful castle may look like a part of the hit series Game of Thrones but this sight can be seen in the place called Umbria, Italy but only through a drone. Actually, this is not a castle but a church known as Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi. The construction of this amazing castle started in 1228. Saint Francis lived in Assisi and in his last days, he was in the same place which later became the most important Christian pilgrimage sites in the whole of Italy. The castle has been declared as UNESCO World Heritage site in 2000.
This is the largest-known bird nest in the world. This drone photo was taken by a South African photographer in the Kalahari Desert which is what just 350,000 square miles touching the areas of Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. This big nest has the capacity to house hundreds of social weaver birds. These birds are very particular about their nest and because of this their nests last for a very long period of time, some of them up to 100 years! Amazing, right? But wait till you see the next amazing unseen footage taken by a drone.
Remember that advertisement where they show the Energizer Bunny running like there is no end? This is his reality! Finally, he got tired and decided to take a nap. We are just joking, this drone image was taken in the Piedmont region of Northern Italy in 2005 where the drone was able to capture a bunny installed on the top of the hill. This rabbit was named as Hase, a 200-feet-long and 20-feet-high was put there on top of the hill and will stay there until the year 2025. But in 2016, the rabbit was completely decomposed. We think it happened for the better.
In 2016 there was a great clown scare which scared the hell out of us. People across the United States and Canada reported hundreds of creepy clown sighting. This weird drone clown photo was captured in the field of Huntsville, Alabama. This picture for sure creeps us out. This creepy clown sighting soon became a trend which was spread all over the world. This phenomenon soon became so huge that McDonald's decided to keep their famous mascot, Ronald McDonald, away from the general public.
Sure, you might have guessed by now that this is the image of Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer statue but, it was the first time that somebody captured it from the above with the help of a drone. This statue is 2,329-foot-high placed on the Corcovado Mountain in Brazil. The statue took 9 years to get completed. The statue of Christ the Redeemer is the third largest statue in the world- after Bolivia's Cristo de la Concordia and Poland's Christ the King. The statue is so high that it gets struck by lightning numerous times a year. In fact, in 2014, one of the statue's fingers got damaged because of the lightning.
This is not a natural sinkhole but because of Guatemala City's lack of proper zoning regulations and building codes, the city has been seeing this phenomenon very frequently now. This is the image from 2010 when a tropical storm Agatha hit the region where it swallowed a three-story factory. According to experts, this incident was a combination of both natural and man-made disaster. The sinkhole was 65 feet in diameter and 300 feet deep.
The saltwater and Nile crocodiles are considered as the most dangerous species. They are responsible for many incidents in which hundreds of people have lost their lives in parts of Southeast Asia and Africa. This photo of a 3-meter long crocodile was taken at a beach resort on Phuket Island where tourists from all over the world but looking at this image we think we need to be very careful if visit the island in near future. All thanks to the drone technology.
This beautiful place is called Morrison's Quarry, in Chelsea, Quebec. From Ottawa, it is just 25 minutes drive. This one place can make you forget about everything because if you look at this place then you would be surprised what all you could capture when you take images from the drone. In this picture, you can spot an aircraft lying in the bed of the sea and there are other wrecks also like tugboats and cars lying on the sea bed of the sea. The company who make sure that you have the best moment of your life is the one who had put all these wrecks in the sea. Nice business idea, right?
This amazing drone image was taken above the Ba River in Tuy Hoa City, Vietnam. You can see a farmer feeding the beautiful white ducks. People don't do this for fun but it's actually a long-standing family tradition of duck farming in Vietnam. around 30 million ducks are raised annually in the country, which provides the farmers with a good amount of eggs and meat which are later sold in the market and this is how they earn.
Did you know there is a place called boat graveyard in the middle of the world's largest cities, New York City? The location is known locally as the Staten Island boat graveyard. This scrapyard was founded in the year 1930. The boats were dissembled and sold here but this place was left abandoned but you can still find 100 of vessels decomposing at the site. The destination has become very popular among photographers and artists, especially among drone photographers.
This image here is from the frozen tundra of Siberia. This is the Mir mine which was the first and largest diamond mine founded by the former Soviet Union. To date, this mine remains one of the largest man-made mines in the world. The first ever diamond-bearing deposits were discovered in 1955. The lead geologist, Yuri Khabardin, was awarded the Lenin Prize, the highest award in the Soviet Union. In the past, when this mine was active it produced 10,000,000 carats per year.
This rare drone image was captured in the Turkish city of Trabzon. The plane, Pegasus Airlines Flight 8622 was on its way to Trabzon when the plane lost its controls on the runway, nearly falling into the Black Sea. After the investigation was completed, investigators declared that it was due to engine failure. According to the official reports, there were 168 passengers aboard when this incident happened. Fortunately, there were no casualties.
The Lotus Temple is located in New Delhi, India. It was built to promote the faith Bahai' I in the region. This drone image was captured by photographer Amos Chapple-Rex. This building looks like a blossoming lotus flower, surrounded by beautiful 9 pools and gardens. The temple was designed by Furiburz Sabha an Italian-American architect. The project took 10 years to get completed in all sense. "One of the most remarkable achievements of our time, proving that the drive and vision of spirit can achieve miracles," said Canadian Architect Arthur Erickson.
This drome image shows the level of destruction which was caused by Hurricane Harvey. Armies of drones were used to calculate the damage. According to official reports, Hurricane Harvey caused a damage of $125 billion, making it one of the most costly hurricanes ever happened. Hundreds of thousands of houses were flooded, displacing around 30,000 people.
The Tubbs Fire is considered the most destructive fires ever took place in California's history. The incident took place in October 2017 which shocked the whole world. The fire destroyed 5,643 structures with the total damage of worth $1.3 billion. This image is just a small part of the picture and the reason behind the fire was found out to be the failure of a private electrical system.
This breathtaking drone image was taken which captured the tall skyscrapers of Dubai, which looks as if these buildings are actually trying to kiss the sky. Dubai is the largest and most populous city in the UAE. In recent years, Dubai has become a global business hub in the Middle East. Today, Dubai is one of the world's fastest growing economy. This city also homes the world's tallest building the Burj Khalifa which was just completed in 5 years with a cost in the making of $1.5 billion.
Some would say that this image is a fake but believe us it is not. This drone footage is of a man-made artificial spillway which was built in a Californian reservoir. This image is certainly the most amazing picture ever taken with the help of a drone. This vortex that engulfs everything into the depths of the earth. We think is amazing and scary at the same time.
Looking for the most beautiful view this man found this. We have no idea how he went up there but this image is certainly fun to watch. The best part about this image is that this man took his own drone and took an image of himself showing the word how many fun drones actually are. If this image hasn't made you crazy about the drones then we don't know what will. We are going crazy here.
Waterfall diving is certainly the most terrifying sports anyone can play, and this brilliantly timed photo captured a Guinness World Record holder Di Huanran diving into the lake from the top of the waterfall. “He is over sixty, he is the world record holder for the Guinness waterfall diving. In China’s famous spout of the Yellow River and the great falls of the water tower in Heilongjiang province, he surprised the world with his leap,” quoted the photographer from the Pocket-lint.com.
The above image where a man was diving in the waters was pretty much awesome but this image here is something different entirely. You can see a man climbing the cliff and going by the picture and this man's posture we think he must have been a pro in this sports. You can barely locate the man if it wasn't his neon helmet. This photograph has proved that what helicopters did a years ago, drones are doing the same now.
This photo is the most amazing picture of all. The New York City covered in snow and the floating fog left everybody speechless. The image was taken with the help of post-apocalyptic film. Central Park is considered as the most happening place filled with people but what we see in this image is entirely opposite of what we knew of our favorite Central Park. We think it's time to buy a drone rather than spending it on something stupid because what we realized is that drones are just awesome in every sense.