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Outreach activity (20190629) | OLA (Portugal)

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Outreach activity (20190629)| OLA (Portugal)

Lago Alqueva Observatory (Portugal)
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Observatorio do Lago Alqueva (20190629) | Pedro RE'
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Great work Pedro!! looks like you had a fabulous time, how many folks do you think came? it looks like a lot of fun was had by all :hamster:

I enjoyed the drone shots as it gives an interesting perspective. However, a couple of weeks ago I had a drone staring at me in my front garden and I wasn't impressed at all. Thankfully it got caught in our tree so I confiscated it. Considering it is illegal in the UK to fly within 50m of private property they aren't getting it back unless they give me their licence number and I report them to the police. Funnily enough they have never come to collect it ;) Drones are great in context but terrible invasion of privacy. Do you need to be careful in Portugal?

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Fantastic Pedro!


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Great Pedro, what a TOP location is this ... :bow


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Spectacular Pedro!


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Thanks a lot guys

Alexandra: I try to fly outside urban locations and I also feel that drones can be invasive (we have regulation on using drones in Portugal as well). This is not the case in OLA (Observatório do Lago Alqueva) though. I was able to teach a course on solar astrophotography during the afternoon. The kids arrived at the end of the course and we had more than 50 people during the night (deep-sky observing)

It is a fantastic location, with very low light pollution and great facilities


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Nice outreach, Pedro. It seems like a great place to do that. What drone were you flying this time ?

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Thanks Franco

This time I used the DJI Phantom 4. I use this drone most of the times and a DJI Inspire one as well


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Montana wrote: Mon Jul 01, 2019 1:33 pm Great work Pedro!! looks like you had a fabulous time, how many folks do you think came? it looks like a lot of fun was had by all :hamster:

I enjoyed the drone shots as it gives an interesting perspective. However, a couple of weeks ago I had a drone staring at me in my front garden and I wasn't impressed at all. Thankfully it got caught in our tree so I confiscated it. Considering it is illegal in the UK to fly within 50m of private property they aren't getting it back unless they give me their licence number and I report them to the police. Funnily enough they have never come to collect it ;) Drones are great in context but terrible invasion of privacy. Do you need to be careful in Portugal?

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That’s so funny Alexandra; not the fact they were invading your privacy, but your confiscation of the drone. :lol: Hopefully a lesson learned on their part.

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Looks like you had an excellent day, Pedro. The observatory looks superb.

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Thanks Stu


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Super day indeed Pedro, looks a great place.


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Thanks Mark

It is indeed a fantastic place

Check out the city of Monsaraz (nearby)

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Beautiful!!!


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Looks lovely!


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Thanks Mark & Alexandra


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