Whinstone US is a Bitcoin Mining data center located in Rockdale, Texas. In May 2021, Riot Blockchain acquired Whinstone US and the company began a 400 MW expansion. Chad Everett Harris takes daily drone footage of the site progress. Each day the drone photography of Whinstone US is used to document the process of building a Bitcoin mining facility.
Drone Photography Equipment
Chad Everett Harris equipment of choice is the DJI Mavic series. Most of the photography today is being shot with the Mavic 3 drone. Using the DJI Mavic 3 Cine makes the drone photography of Whinstone US become a work of art.
DJI Mavic 3 Cine
- Flagship camera drone for pros
- 899 g
- 4/3 CMOS
- 20 MP, DNG (RAW)
- 5.1K/50fps, 4K/120fps
- 46-minute Flight Time (no wind)
- O3+, 15km, 1080p/60fps Transmission*
- Complete Omnidirectional
- ActiveTrack 5.0
- Advanced RTH
- DJI RC Pro (high-bright display)
- 1TB SSD high-speed internal storage
- 28x Zoom
- MasterShots
- APAS 5.0
- Apple ProRes 422 HQ encoding