{"id":12673,"date":"2020-04-23T07:25:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T12:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=12673"},"modified":"2020-04-23T07:25:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T12:25:14","slug":"skywatch-friday-scanning-the-skies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=12673","title":{"rendered":"Skywatch Friday – Scanning the Skies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sunset about a week ago<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

How is everybody doing with their social isolation. Here in Oklahoma the Governor, despite the advice from the medical community, has decided to start opening businesses starting tomorrow (Friday, April 24). So we’ll see what happens. Our family will continue with the social isolation until we deem it safe as we do have extended family members in town that are at risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sunrise that same morning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime I have my cameras including my new drone to keep me occupied. It turns out that although it is capable of some fancy aerial maneuvers I use it mainly like a periscope. I find myself in the morning and the evening looking at the sky and if I see something interesting I launch it. I still am using what I call the “training wheels” the propeller guards which add quite a bit of weight and lower the performance but I can still get it up to about 125 meters which is I can barely see it when it is up there. So get it up there and turn it this and that to see what is going on with the sky. Nothing to get in the way then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Evening sky after a Thunderstorm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I am kind of an incrementalist, plus the thing is kind of expensive, so I will gradually let it fly higher and a little bit further as time goes on. I don’t think I’ll ever let it out of my sight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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