For Peat's Sake

RotorWash · Jun 3, 2020

Had an up and about at a peat bog located about 20min from home and thought I'd try out some panos. I was up no more than a few minutes and a band of fog came up fast headed in from the gulf. Seemed to mostly hang along the shoreline so I was able to get some batteries run down. The field (sphagnum peatland) is over 3/4 mile wide by 1 mile long and in some areas runs about 15-20' deep in the stuff. Here's a CBC piece on the operation located there if you're interested.

Here's some panos I got along with a standard shot.

Spark^ · Jun 3, 2020

Pull up..Pull up. Love it. Nice job RotorWash.??

twickers14 · Jun 3, 2020

So interesting and read through the article too. I had no idea how it is harvested-not a good place to be taking a walk (or flyI got a drone) when they are out there grabbing the product with all that dust! Panos look good, I must try some more next time I’m up. Weather broken now for a week at least but got 4 batteries worth yesterday. Lovely. Keep ‘em coming.

RotorWash · Jun 3, 2020

Spark^ said:
Pull up..Pull up. Love it. Nice job RotorWash.??

Thanks very much Spark^, that new update to obstacle avoidance is working well!

RotorWash · Jun 3, 2020

twickers14 said:
So interesting and read through the article too. I had no idea how it is harvested-not a good place to be taking a walk (or flyI got a drone) when they are out there grabbing the product with all that dust! Panos look good, I must try some more next time I’m up. Weather broken now for a week at least but got 4 batteries worth yesterday. Lovely. Keep ‘em coming.

Thank you twickers and yes the dust will be pretty wild once they get going out there. I'd like to get some video of it with a mild SW breeze but a sudden change in wind direction could get ugly pretty fast.

Brian Snyder · Jun 3, 2020

Very good flying and video!

Dragonfly Joe · Jun 3, 2020

Nice, RotorWash. Great flying and video capture although my toes were curling pretty tight by the 1:10 mark.

Nice job on the panos too. Thanks for taking the trip and sharing with us.

sharps45 · Jun 3, 2020

Very interesting! This spring I was building some garden soil and found no one had any peat moss. When I asked why they said because trade with Canada was slow because of lockdowns. I didn't know that's where we got it from. Thanks for the vid and panos

RotorWash · Jun 4, 2020

Brian Snyder said:
Very good flying and video!

Dragonfly Joe said:
Nice, RotorWash. Great flying and video capture although my toes were curling pretty tight by the 1:10 mark. Nice job on the panos too. Thanks for taking the trip and sharing with us.

Thanks guys, much appreciated!

RotorWash · Jun 4, 2020

sharps45 said:
Very interesting! This spring I was building some garden soil and found no one had any peat moss. When I asked why they said because trade with Canada was slow because of lockdowns. I didn't know that's where we got it from. Thanks for the vid and panos

Thank you sharps45. Although there are a number of different production areas here and in other provinces, this plant does ship to the U.S. and around the world. Much of what we produce here on the Island whether from sea or land is shipped to the good people of the U.S.A! Any reduction in that flow has a big impact on our local economy.