Red Rocks Amphitheater Photogrammetry Mission with Falcon UAV
January 18th, 2013
Amazing day in Colorado for a photogrammetry mission with Falcon UAV over Red Rocks Amphitheater. At 6,450 feet above sea level, Red Rocks Park is a unique transitional zone where the Great Plains meet the Rocky Mountains. Red Rocks Amphitheatre is a geological phenomenon – the only naturally-occurring, acoustically perfect amphitheatre in the world. Some of the rock formations in Red Rocks slope as much as 90 degrees, while others tilt backwards. The southern monolith, that bears resemblance to a ship, is named "Ship Rock." On the opposite side of the Amphitheatre stands "Creation Rock." Both of the monoliths are taller than Niagara Falls, and the Red Rocks Amphitheatre was once listed as among the Seven Wonders of the World.
Falcon flew late morning of January 18, 2013 and collected more than 600 photos in a little over 30 minutes. We shot a combination of nadir looking and oblique photos. One of the obliques, shown above looking to the west - southwest, gives the viewer a feel of the scale of the two monoliths that frame the amphitheatre. The nadir images were processed at a resolution of 6.6 cm and the resultant geo-referenced orthomosaic, digital elevation model and 3-D model are also shown below. If you are interested in learning more on how to precisely map difficult terrain please do not hesitate to contact either falcon-uav.com or dronemapper.com. 
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Distributor Comment by Guto Santaella on January 20, 2013 at 12:01pm -
@JP, wow, 6.6cm per pixel is very impressive!
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Developer Comment by Mark Colwell on January 20, 2013 at 1:18pm -
So cool, I hope to add some missions in Colorado Springs, we have plenty of areas of interest.
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Comment by W. Joe Taylor on January 20, 2013 at 6:56pm -
JP Really nice.
Brings back memories... Back in 1976 a group of 8 adventurous teenagers who could not afford tickets snuck into Red Rocks, climbed the cliffs, saw an awesome concert (Loggins & Messena's last concert together). Security was tight and some of us got caught (not me though). I am too fat and honest to try that again.
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Comment by JP on January 21, 2013 at 1:28am -
Thanks all!
@W. Joe: Great story. Lots of good memories!
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Assistant Admin Comment by Joshua Johnson on January 21, 2013 at 7:14am -
This is awesome! I'm going to feature some of this in my next newscast episode if you don't mind JP. Let me know.
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Comment by JP on January 21, 2013 at 7:17am
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@Joshua Thanks! No problem at all, we would be happy to be featured on your podcast. Thx
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Comment by JP on January 22, 2013 at 7:58am
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An updated post on Red Rocks from Chris Miser @ Falcon UAV :
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