Drone Footage Of Greenland's Melting Ice Sheet Is Stunning, Terrifying

An image not soon forgotten.

Drone Footage Of Greenland's Melting Ice Sheet Is Stunning, Terrifying

It's beautiful and depressing, all at once.

by Damon Beres

Josh Haner/The New York Times

"During the flight, I was me Haner, a Pulitzer-winning photographer for the Times, wrote in an article about the process.

Some of the footage was injected into an impressive interactive feature published online Tuesday. Scroll through and you'll experience startling footage of "one of the biggest and fastest-melting chunks of ice on Earth."

So there you go: For every horrible story you hear about drones being annoying pests, remember that there are upsides, too.

Mesmerized as I watched the live video from the camera on a tablet attached to my controller. I thought: This is what birds must feel as they fly up Alpine streams, skimming the surface of the water," Josh