The Bootheel Photo Documentation Project, First Volume

The first volume of low level aerial images from the bootheel has been submitted and a proof copy should arrive early next month. Below is the cover of the first volume, a 40 page compilation of aerial panoramas, intermediate view shots, and close up views of the landscape and drainage features found in the high desert of bootheel of southern New Mexico. Plans are underway for additional volumes each with the same format.

Bootheel Photodocumentation Project: Update

One hundred and ten of the photographs submitted to Google Earth have now been accepted for placement on the map, a better than 95% acceptance rate. Covering the San Simon and San Bernardino Valleys, Animas Valley, and parts of Hachita Valley these low level aerial photographs capture some of the uniqueness of this sparsely populated area of the country. A great deal of air time has been spent and thousands of photographs taken to convey some of the emotions evoked by this part of the country. Flying around the bootheel is a unique experience.

In the process of documenting the bootheel a number of techniques have been used, not all of which lend themselves to viewing in Google Earth. Large panorama photographs, tiltshift modified photos, and photosynths have all been created. Each technique is a slightly different way of "seeing", and each brings something unique to the subject photographed.


Maps with photographs from the Bootheel Photodocumentation Project currently include:
Google Earth
Flickr
bing maps



I still hold a fascination for erosion features (rills) found across the bootheel. The summer monsoons can generate a lot of water in a short period of time and the patterns the water creates on the desert surface can only be appreciated from the air.

Aerotrekking and Canyon Running in Norway

Weight shift control light sport aircraft are ideal for many types of aviation, the nimble control and excellent climb rates found in many aircraft make them useful for close in and low level work including aerotrekking. When flying in an open cockpit aircraft the pilot has an unparalleled view of their surroundings and many pilots capture this on video. Here is a video from Frode Leikvoll who has been recording flights in the fjords and mountains around his native Norway. The pilot has been able to capture the close in views of ridge lines and low level flying around the mountains in way few are able to do.

Who's in Charge?

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The PIC has the final word, everything else is just baggage.