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2019-01-31 Yerba Buena Road
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The last day of January was unusually rainy in the typically Sunny Socal, but the rain stopped after lunch.
As I was driving home I could not stop admiring some nice clouds over the Santa Monica mountains.
I called my wife to tell her I'll be an hour later than normal and took off onto the winding Hwy 23 South.
I stopped at the highest point of the Yerba Buena Road a flew off a couple of batteries.
If you followed my previous posts, this is a couple mile prior to my previous RTH point near Mishe Mokwa trailhead, with a view to a different valley.

One obvious point of interest was the radar station at the end of the S. Bardman Ave.
I was admiring the facilities for many years but never had a chance to get close. This time I got to get *really* close
The station was about two miles away, but with no obstruction in between, the connection was perfect. And I was able to use the Sport mode on the way back, which made the return fast.

Below is some content I was able to shoot with my Mavic 2 Pro (which I happened to have in the car with me).























A couple of shots of the road itself. If you squint hard enough, you can see my car, and maybe even yours truly next to it





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Wow, stunning work!
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excellent pictures!
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Wow, well done, awesome captures!
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Outstanding work.
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What a beautiful pictures!
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Wow, great photos DarthSLR, you caught the light very well.

Not sure if I would have the cohunes  to fly over an installation like that though, seems like an ideal place to install an anti-drone device
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Hello and good day DarthSLR. Thank you for sharing these excellent photos and your experience as well. Perfect location to capture shots. Great work and thank you for your support.
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Montfrooij Posted at 2-1 00:27
Wow, stunning work!

Thank you!
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dj_dread Posted at 2-1 02:06
excellent pictures!

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jacksonnai Posted at 2-1 02:54
Wow, well done, awesome captures!

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Woe Posted at 2-1 05:55
Outstanding work.

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Steeve Labrie Posted at 2-1 06:05
What a beautiful pictures!

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Boffin Posted at 2-1 06:15
Wow, great photos DarthSLR, you caught the light very well.

Not sure if I would have the cohunes  to fly over an installation like that though, seems like an ideal place to install an anti-drone device

Thank you!
The thought crossed my mind, but I figured I'm not gonna cross their beams and approach tangentially, should be ok. Besides, the whole thing was probably at 1000ft below my RTH (as I have mentioned, I launched at the top of a mountain road, while the station is located deep down in the valley), and given I was still ~200ft above RTH they could not possibly notice my little M2P
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DJI Stephen Posted at 2-1 09:27
Hello and good day DarthSLR. Thank you for sharing these excellent photos and your experience as well. Perfect location to capture shots. Great work and thank you for your support.

Thank you!
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You are very much welcome DarthSLR. Have a safe and happy flying always.
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Awesome captures Darth!
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BHProductions Posted at 2-1 10:06
Awesome captures Darth!

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You welcome
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You're welcome!
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Amazing pictures and a awesome video. Thanks for sharing DarthSLR
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Sky Carrier Posted at 2-1 11:48
Amazing pictures and a awesome video. Thanks for sharing DarthSLR

Thank you for looking!
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That is an amazing sky.

-Topher
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Topher Posted at 2-1 12:00
That is an amazing sky.

-Topher

Thank you!
Yeah, we get lucky sometimes. Typical Southern California weather here near Los Angeles is "clear blue skies" or "complete overcast", but in fall/winter months, when it rains, we do get occasional pretty cloudses
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You're welcome
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What a strange place to have something like that ! The colurs are stunning BTW. "And you just happen to have the MP with you" hahahah
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Atlas_Aus Posted at 2-1 20:39
What a strange place to have something like that ! The colurs are stunning BTW. "And you just happen to have the MP with you" hahahah

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Well, when the weather is like I do tend to grab the mavic bag with me "just in case". It seldom plays out, but this time it did.
There is surprisingly little info on the sat site. The only one I could find was this:
http://wikimapia.org/1597734/Triunfo-Pass-Earth-Station
I have a feeling it's more than that, cause everyone who ever drove Mulholland Way to the ocean (one of those winding roads below in the valley) cannot help but notice those giant dishes. So the lack of info seems strange.
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DarthSLR Posted at 2-1 21:43
Thank you!
Well, when the weather is like I do tend to grab the mavic bag with me "just in case". It seldom plays out, but this time it did.
There is surprisingly little info on the sat site. The only one I could find was this:

Ahhh.. nothing like a good conspiracy story
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Really nice work. Thanks for sharing. : )
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Wow outstanding captures! Well done
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Wow outstanding captures! Well done
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DJI Panda Posted at 2-2 19:53
Really nice work. Thanks for sharing. : )

Thanks for looking!
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maddox Posted at 2-3 05:51
Wow outstanding captures! Well done

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