Help From Above: Aerial Photography For Science

Aerial photography makes it possible to collect data for conservation research that would be difficult, if not impossible, to get on foot or by other means

Text & Photography By Christopher Boyer

Published October 24, 2016
Updated October 7, 2018

Aerial photography makes it possible to collect data for conservation research that would be difficult, if not impossible, to get on foot or by other means.

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