Drone crashes into Grand Prismatic SpringThis is an aerial view of the largest hot spring in Yellows

Drone crashes into Grand Prismatic SpringThis is an aerial view of the largest hot spring in Yellowstone National Park, Grand Prismatic Spring. Views like this aren’t easy to get; somehow this photo was taken looking down on the spring from overhead at a low altitude. Today, the easiest way to take a photo like this would be on a drone. There are a variety of low-cost devices now available to the public for low costs that can carry photographic equipment to low elevations, giving views around the world that were previously unavailable.For a variety of reasons though, drone use has become controversial worldwide and the National Park system is no exception. Earlier this summer, the Park Service officially issued rules banning their use inside US National Parks without official permission.Despite this rule, people continue using them, and earlier this week there wound up being consequences in this spring. This spring is nearly 40 meters deep at its greatest depth, and on Wednesday, a quadcopter drone being piloted by a park visitor lost control and crashed into it.The drone sank and is now immersed in tens of meters of water at >70 degrees C. The Park Service is now reportedly trying to figure out what will happen to the drone while in this spring, whether it will cause any long-term damage, and even how to find it.As of the time I’m writing this, the only reason the Park Service even knows it is there is that the pilot reported what happened to a park ranger, but that person didn’t leave their name, so as of now it’s not even known who deserves the blame for this incident.-JBBImage credit: http://fr.fotopedia.com/items/flickr-2851304454Read more:http://mashable.com/2014/08/07/tourist-crashes-drone-into-yellowstone-park-hot-spring/http://www.cnbc.com/id/101901878 -- source link

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