Scientists Deployed Drones To Create 3D Map Of Volcano

Drones have never failed to impress us. Lately, drones were deployed and helped creating world's first 3-D thermal image of an active volcano. "Using high-precision cameras mounted to an aerial drone, we captured the volcano in hundreds of aerial photographs and bind them all together to create a 3D map of the volcano's surface," said John Howell, Professor of University of Aberdeen. "From there we can overlay the model with images from a thermal camera, allowing us to see the thermal structure of the volcano in 3D," he added. "Drone technology is moving so fast that we could have a system fully up and running in a few years," said John Howell.