Mavic above the Delta works ( Netherlands )

celurae · Apr 14, 2018

The weather was great today. Crystal clear & almost no wind

Took the Mavic out to fly above some parts of the magnificent Delta Works in southern Netherlands.

Hope you will like the result!

newt2u · Apr 15, 2018

That is impressive engineering there. Where is it exactly?

celurae · Apr 15, 2018

newt2u said:
That is impressive engineering there. Where is it exactly?

This was shot (mostly) above the Oosterschelde.

newt2u · Apr 15, 2018

Thanks. Brings back memories... I worked in Amsterdam for 8 years. Didn't get that far south in my excursions though.

Lake_Flyer · Apr 15, 2018

It is the entrance to the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp and it keeps the southwest of the Netherlands safe from the sea, after the big flood in 1953. More than 1800 people lost their lives and many thousands there homes, farms and livestock. It was (and maybe still is) the largest project of its kind in the world. Dutch engineers also assisted in New Orleans after the flood there.

newt2u · Apr 17, 2018

Lake_Flyer said:
Dutch engineers also assisted in New Orleans after the flood there.

And in China as well I think on various projects. I visited the Zuiderzee Works when in Amsterdam. I was always amazed when flying back to the UK that if it were not for all these defences I would be several meters below the sea at Schiphol!

I like this picture, which show where you would be without them.

Lake_Flyer · Apr 17, 2018

newt2u said:
And in China as well I think on various projects. I visited the Zuiderzee Works when in Amsterdam. I was always amazed when flying back to the UK that if it were not for all these defences I would be several meters below the sea at Schiphol!

I like this picture, which show where you would be without them.
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I live on the bottom of what was once the Zuiderzee, 6m below sea level.

This is how that looks now:

Mad Mavic · Apr 17, 2018

celurae said:
The weather was great today. Crystal clear & almost no wind
Took the Mavic out to fly above some parts of the magnificent Delta Works in southern Netherlands.

Hope you will like the result!

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Very impressive. The footage had all the feel of an opening to a documentary. Certainly made me want to reasearch the project. Great cenamatography.

celurae · Apr 17, 2018

Mad Mavic said:
Very impressive. The footage had all the feel of an opening to a documentary. Certainly made me want to reasearch the project. Great cenamatography.

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