Drone footage after #Tianjin huge explosion.
Instagram – the often strange but flourishing photo app – is a key platform for drone footage.
Shocking drone footage has emerged of Nepal's devastated capital city Kathmandu in the wake of the earthquake on Saturday.
"GoPros mounted on helmets and surfboards broke down similar barriers but drone footage is ultimately more watchable," she says.
Drone footage by Adekanmi Ojuri and Oxford Brookes University Follow Guardian Cities on Twitter and Facebook and join the discussion.
'I bet you've looked at drone footage and just thought 'wow'," says Guardian photographer and licensed drone operator Graeme Robertson.
Peta used them to investigate farms, and protesters used drone footage to back up their claims of unjust arrest.
Drone footage showed fires raging inside the disaster zone and giant plumes of black smoke bellowing into the air.
Drone footage broadcast by Russian state media, however, shows it continued tracking the convoy for several more hours.
The drone footage on Iranian television on Thursday coincided with a diplomatic protest lodged with the ambassador from Switzerland, who represents American interests in Iran.
Drone footage from the area of the blast shows shipping containers tossed on their sides alongside buildings and cars stripped bare.
