Drone journalism: Eyes in the skies

The news footage is striking: fires burn on the streets of Kiev; scorched banners flutter on buildings; madding crowds stumble through the chaos below. It is also strange: although aerial, it does not look as if it was shot from a helicopter. The camera flies right up to burning buildings; people on the ground so near that you can pick out the colour of their clothes. In fact it was taken by a drone, a small, remote-controlled flying machine fitted with a camera and a transmitter.

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