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Video: A fresh drone’s eye view of the Apple spaceship

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Philip Elmer-DeWitt
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August 31, 2014, 3:29 PM ET

Eight and a half minutes. Remarkably crisp. Shot in Cupertino, Calif., last week with a $1,000 DJI Phantom 2 drone and a $400 GoPro Hero 3+ Wi-Fi camera.

Thanks @applespotlight for the pointer.

[youtube=http://youtu.be/pfZvimPkKio]

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See also: Photo: Apple’s ‘spaceship’ campus begins to take shape (Shot three and a half months ago )

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