{"id":1275,"date":"2013-02-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/news\/octocopter-captures-spectacular-aerial-views-of-temple\/"},"modified":"2017-10-14T04:53:49","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T04:53:49","slug":"octocopter-captures-spectacular-aerial-views-of-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/octocopter-captures-spectacular-aerial-views-of-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Octocopter\u2019 captures spectacular aerial views of Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/Portals\/0\/Temple%20and%20octocopter.JPG\" alt=\"\u2018Octocopter\u2019 captures spectacular aerial views of Temple\" \/><figcaption>Octocopter capturing aerial views of Temple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/59395602\">video<\/a> showing spectacular aerial views of the Baha\u2019i Temple in Sydney, Australia has been launched.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/59395602\">video <\/a>includes close-up as well as more distant views of the 40-metre-tall Temple together with its surrounding gardens and bushland.<\/p>\n<p>A low-altitude aerial video production team, Rotor Works, undertook the filming before sunrise on 7 January 2013 with the permission of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha\u2019is of Australia, the Faith\u2019s national governing body.<\/p>\n<p>Rotor Works, which is based in Sydney, used an innovative remote-controlled device known as an \u201cOctocopter\u201d to capture the footage.<\/p>\n<p>Using eight sets of rotating blades in a fashion similar to a helicopter, the device carried a video camera which its controllers adjusted to film at various heights, distances and directions.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Australian Baha\u2019i Community, Venus Khalessi, said the filming took only an hour to complete.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were fortunate on the morning of the filming that the sun\u2019s rays shone through an opening in the clouds to provide an uplifting backdrop to the Temple, \u201c Ms Khalessi said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Temple is a precious and sacred place to Baha\u2019is and is also well loved by many members of the surrounding communities who often drop by to spend some quiet time there,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very grateful to the Rotor Works team, who offered their services to film the Temple and to produce the wonderful video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are also grateful to singer Shadi Toloui-Wallace, accompanied by her sister Hoda Toloui-Wallace, for the gift of a beautiful melody, using the Writings of Baha\u2019u\u2019llah, that is so appropriate to this House of Worship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ms Khalessi said she hoped the video would encourage more people to visit the Temple.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is open daily from 9am to 5pm and is located at 173 Mona Vale Road, Ingleside, and everyone is welcome,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/59395602\">Watch the video<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bahai.org.au\/Participate\/Temple.aspx\">Visit the website of the Baha&#8217;i Temple in Sydney<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video showing spectacular aerial views of the Baha\u2019i Temple in Sydney, Australia has been launched.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-releases","category-uncategorised"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.2 - 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