DJI Stories - Live Broadcast From a Volcano

Join DJI and ABC's Good Morning America in Iceland as they live-broadcast a flight over the Holuhraun volcano eruption in the Bardarbunga volcanic system to 6 million GMA viewers.

Using out-of-the-box Inspire 1 quadcopters, DJI's Director of Aerial Imaging Eric Cheng, and ace pilot Ferdinand Wolf brave the harsh winter in Iceland, joining an offroad, super-jeep caravan for many hours before arriving at the eruption site. From there, Eric and Ferdinand work with ABC live-broadcast engineers to connect the Inspire 1 to a satellite broadcast system, enabling a real-time view into the volcano in high-definition video.

The trip to Iceland also provided a great opportunity for Eric and Ferdinand to pilot prototype Phantom 3 quadcopters over the volcano to capture 4K footage for the Phantom 3 videos recently released as part of the product launch.

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Good Morning America broadcast footage courtesy ABC / Good Morning America

DJI / Creative Director: Sheldon Schwartz
DJI / Producer: Eric Cheng
Inspire 1 Pilots: Eric Cheng & Ferdinand Wolf (Skynamic)
Editor: Keith Kuramoto

Iceland Team: Einar Erlendsson, Ragnar Sigurdsson, Vilhjalmur and Elisabet Vernhardsson (Fjalladurd, Modrudalur), Bjorn Oddsson, Icelandic Logreglan Team (Dreki Hut), Icelandic Rescue Team

Special thanks to Bartley, Faruna, John, Kevin, Ginger, Maria, Liz, and Morgan, from ABC.

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[JSKCKNIT]

I need to rethink my life choices! Amazing footage, amazing location. Awesome!

[RobinPM]

Drones are perfect for natural spectacles like these

[davelanchester]

love the Inspire !!  Well done  DJI  !

[DeltadronesBr]

That's pretty fucking Amazing!! I'm a beginner and i have a Inspire 1....i love it!!
My next step will be X5.

[Piggish]

You should put a heat shield on the bottom of your inspire.

[Fred.DonYT]

Now that is a good way to use multi rotors!

[SkDragon]

But this same footage was in the announcement of the Phantom 3. That means that they used the inspire one and not the phantom 3?

[JanUweMorroneMerrone]

what is the name of the music... cool video

[kansasthunderman]

Seems there would be severe convection directly above the volcanoes and stability problems with such a light weight aircraft.

[VolareFilm]

Hi just a question. the backpack is included with Phantom 3 PRO 4K ?

[robertoveronese]

what is the name a song in this video?

[AZTEC_ARTS]

Can i put the camera of a Phantom 3 on a Vision 2 plus ?

[Rdx_Nub]

if you want to do you think about this job

[maximusmiles]

So if you lose a drone in those hostile conditions. You just go back to the truck and get another one? Not really a practical use unless one has money to burn. Literally.