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Sorry Photo Drones, These Real Bird's-Eye City Views Rule Way Harder
To mark the 50th anniversary of the "Red List" of endangered species, a white-tailed eagle with a GoPro captured swooping views of London.
Drone photography already feels sort of passé, right? This year, everyone from Martha Stewart to the very paparazzi that might one day follow her around got into taking overhead shots with their robotic mini-planes.
Much more fresh are these three videos that take the bird's-eye view concept back to its roots. Meaning back to birds. Earlier this month, French falconer Jacques-Olivier Travers mounted a Go-Pro camera to the back of a trusty white-tailed eagle to capture aerial views of London, including the Tower Bridge, St. Paul’s cathedral, and the Olympic park's "Orbit" sculpture.