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Aidentified t1_ium3ttt wrote

Reply to comment by ApiContraption in PsBattle: a drone show above Whitby Abbey by SurprisedPotato

I live in Whitby and this isn't real. It was a Photoshop, alongside a few other monuments, as a demo. Trust me, there is NO way you could do this with current drone tech at Whitby Abbey, it's impossibly windy up on the cliffs.

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smartshoe t1_ium8dat wrote

Thanks for clarifying, I went to Whitby as a tourist years ago and thought the same thing.

Interesting to see what the ruins would have looked like in any case though

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Stone_tigris t1_ium948f wrote

I’m afraid this isn’t what the ruins would have looked like. Absolutely made up. Those flying buttresses for a start are codswallop

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smartshoe t1_iumbi6i wrote

Oh wow yeah, I just looked at a virtual reconstruction,

No flying buttresses, center elevated section didn’t have a pointed roof, it was like a castle turret

The “drone” photoshop definitely took some liberties

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xrumrunnrx t1_iunpqd2 wrote

I think I'm just in a mood, but fuck this is aggravating all the way down.

Not drones? Fine, still cool. Oh, not actually how the building looked? Well, maybe we don't know for sure and it's an educated guess. Oh, we have reconstructions to use as a guide and it's not even similar? THEN WHAT THE FUCK WAS THIS EVER FOR!?

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iSmellMusic t1_iun3quv wrote

OP saw this in another sub read the title.did no further research and cross posted it 🙄

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j2o1707 t1_iunmq3h wrote

Man I used to go to Whitby every year to visit my nanna. I went to Scarborough last week and it's made me want to go back to Whitby again. Been over 10 years now. I need to take my son...

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Aidentified t1_iuobmhp wrote

I've been here for a couple of years now, it's an amazing feeling to call the cobbles I walked as a kid on holiday my home.

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j2o1707 t1_iuoqxew wrote

Yeah I bet. It's a gorgeous, hilly town. Absolutely loved the place and have very fond memories.

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