I actually managed to attach a mini keychain-camera (808 #16) to the bottom of a Hobbyzone Champ, tiny little brushed motor and 1S batteries, even. I managed to battle the wind to about four hundred feet over the Gold Bluffs Beach Campground. Just beyond those bluffs are massive Northern California forests and Redwoods National Park.
These trees are far too tall for the traditional photo format, so I stitched a few shots together in order to try and capture the perspective a little better.
While visiting the park, I learned that these trees grow to such great heights in order to sequester the perpetual fog in the area.
There’s so much more accessible water in the sky compared to what’s available in the ground, that they evolved over time to scrape the clouds as they rolled through.
Just amazing.