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Dispatch from Sierra Leone: River Number Two Beach – Part 2
Just sharing a couple of short videos we did at “River Number Two” Beach south of Freetown, Sierra Leone. Â Overcast day at the beach, what better activity than to fly a quadcopter with GoPro around the beach? Â We took a trip up the river itself, and later hung out on the beach, where some of…
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Dispatch from Sierra Leone: Day at the Beach
This weekend the weather was supposed to be – well, “not as bad.” Â So we planned a trip to the beach – a great opportunity to unwind a bit after a harrowing few weeks at work. Â A co-worker and I got up before dark and got dropped at River Number Two Beach, which is “google…
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Found Film: The Smith Family Goes to Florida
For the past few weeks, we’ve been looking at a batch of Kodacolor-X film from the 1960s, generally featuring a family’s special occasions, but for some reason never developed. Â This week we accompany them as they go to Florida (and we think they may be from Colorado). Â How do we know they went to Florida?…
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Dispatch From Sierra Leone: Sunset
Awful news from next door in Liberia in articles like this and this. Here in Freetown, we’ve gotten some relief from the rain, and (knocks on wood) the number of new ebola cases per day has slowed considerably. Â Let’s hope the break in bad weather continues. Yes, this last one is an HDR trick. Â More…
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Breaking Rocks in Sierra Leone
This morning I woke up to a rare non-rainy August morning in Freetown. Â Saturday! Â So I grabbed my quadcopter and my camera and headed out to one of the highest-rated local beaches, River No. 2Â Beach, where the local community has collaborated to create a nice spot frequented by locals and foreigners alike. Â After an hour-long,…