https://www.apnews.com/d23970b0c3ad4d7f840cd56eb7d8177d
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park officials say they’re investigating after a photo was posted online showing one of the park’s geothermal features from a drone, which is illegal.
The Jackson Hole News & Guide reported the photo of Grand Prismatic Spring was posted on Instagram and then deleted after criticism from other users.
Drones are banned in Yellowstone and many other parks.
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A Dutch tourist crashed his drone into a geothermal park feature & was fined $3K.
I thought it was a public park owned by the taxpayers.
Responding to the postscript: In God we trust. All others pay cash supported by faith and trust.
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I thought it was a public park owned by the taxpayers.
Responding to the postscript: In God we trust. All others pay cash supported by faith and trust.
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A public park needs protecting from thoughtless selfish idiots spoiling the enjoyment of others.
I thought it was a public park owned by the taxpayers.
Responding to the postscript: In God we trust. All others pay cash supported by faith and trust.
A public park needs protecting from thoughtless selfish idiots spoiling the enjoyment of others.
A public park needs protecting from thoughtless selfish idiots spoiling the enjoyment of others.
I get annoyed by noisy groups of tourists in public parks that scare away the snakes, but that doesn't mean I think noisy tourists should be banned. A blanket ban on drones seems intended to spoil the enjoyment of others.
I thought it was a public park owned by the taxpayers.
Responding to the postscript: In God we trust. All others pay cash supported by faith and trust.
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It is a National Park. Public lands do have rules. Some of the rules is for visitor safety. Some of the rules is to protect the resource.
From the same article: "The National Park Service says drones can harass wildlife and the noise is a nuisance to visitors."
Seems obvious to me. Do you disagree?
50 percent of the rules in National parks are for visitor safety (i.e. DON'T APPROACH BEARS), the rest are to protect the land and wildlife (i.e. DON'T APPROACH BEARS)
Hot damn, I didn't even know Trump planned on visiting the park.
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In most cases, at least around here, if there's a group of noisy people, 50-100 yards is enough space on the trail to no longer be bothered. That's easily done - speed up or stop and let them pass. We do it all the time.
It's entirely different for drones, and for them I think it depends on the park, and in some cases locations within parks. Drones are annoying as hell to me - when they're around it's all I can hear or think about, especially if there are more than one. So as long as the park restricts them to certain areas, which would include away from wildlife, nesting birds, etc. I'm OK with them, but just tell me where that is and let me go someplace else.
A sensible way to handle it would be to limit time, numbers and locations instead of an outright ban. Obviously no-one wants drone racing in a national park, but they can allow for some amazing perspectives in and around nature. Sensible regulation is always preferable to prohibition.
A sensible way to handle it would be to limit time, numbers and locations instead of an outright ban. Obviously no-one wants drone racing in a national park, but they can allow for some amazing perspectives in and around nature. Sensible regulation is always preferable to prohibition.
I believe in personal space, if someone is inside of arms reach I do not want to be there I politely push them away.
If a drone gets within shotgun range of me I politely shoot it out of the air..
I have to admit that hunting drones does sound like fun.
P.S. I saw Willie play with the grateful dead, it was one of the special moments of my life. Third row...
I'm pretty jealous of that. I only saw the Grateful Dead one time, and it was an experience I won't forget. My younger brother saw them many times, turned me on to the bootleg tapes. Before that all I heard was the mostly bad studio recordings. They were really great musicians - which I didn't know until the bootlegs.eace
Anyway, got tickets last week to see Willie in Knoxville in January. Haven't looked forward to a concert more in a long, long time.
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