At the end of July, a giant CSU Ram’s head appeared in the night sky, but chances are, you didn’t see it.
That’s because you couldn’t without time lapse photography – and the talents of the CSU Drone Center and artist Mark Bellncula to create the light “sculpture” on Christman Airfield on the CSU Foothills campus. A series of drones worked to create the image over about 6 minutes, with the 3 primary drones flown by Drone Center pilots using custom waypoints in the night sky over the Airfield. Time lapse photography captured the colored lights of the drones as they painted the sculpture. Watch a short video on the process below. (Video by Ron Bend/John Cline.)
Bellncuna, the designer and photographer at Lume Machina (@lumemachina), created the Ram for CSU.
“This is a fun way for us to build some excitement for our first CSU Drone Airshow in October,” said Chris Robertson, director of the CSU Drone Center. “Drones are important to the research, teaching and outreach mission of CSU as a land-grant institution. We look forward to sharing those accomplishments and opportunities with the community in October.”
CSU has partnered with Brightflight to put on a free drone light show at 9:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 6 at the intramural fields on the main CSU campus as part of the weekend’s events.
For more information about the drone show, or to register as a vendor, go to coloradodroneshow.colostate.edu/.
The CSU Drone Center is the full-service UAV hub for the University, providing consultation on aircraft systems, project guidance, piloting, pilot training, logistical support, sensor integration and equipment rental. The center collaborates with industry and educational partners internal and external to the university, and manages the Christman Field airstrip and flight training area.
