For the last several years, I've been lucky with a very convenient fireworks display. Folks at the little lake that is about 3/4 mile north of me have been putting on a nice fireworks display and I can see most of it by just looking out the 2nd story windows on the front of my house. I miss some of the low fireworks, but most are well above the trees and make a nice free show.
This year, something different. While I was watching, I noticed a small light fly in above the trees from the right, then hover there as if watching the fireworks too. Out of curiosity, I got my binoculars. I couldn't see any shape, but I could see 1 red light and two white lights on whatever was hovering.
Once the show was finished, they little lights hung there for a minute, then moved quite quickly to the right, and finally slowly descended toward the ground. In the no so distant past, an observer would have thought "flying saucer", but these days we know that kind of behavior means a drone, probably a quadrocopter.
This morning, I went online searching to see if they put up the video of the fireworks display. I couldn't find that specific one, but was surprised to find that many others have used drones to video fireworks, even flying into the fireworks. To me, that is a more interesting use of a drone than spying on my neighbors or delivering packages.
The link below is to a drone fireworks video where the drone flies into the fireworks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-wnDCJ3rgU
Happy 4th to everyone.
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