aerial photography

Snap: Fall sunrise on downtown skyline
Published on Oct 13th, 2010
1 comments Shot at 7:23am Wednesday, October 6. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER This is how downtown looked a week ago: some clouds but no rain. Now, however, forecasters are predicting some rain beginning late...
Snap: Patriotic field in Somerset
Published on Jul 12th, 2010
2 comments Just up Route 231 from the Somerset Store. PHOTO BY SKIP DEGAN Gordonsville Airport-based flight instructor Skip Degan spotted this patriotic scene in a farmer's field in the Orange County community...
Snap: When ski slopes melt... and nearly burn
Published on Apr 18th, 2010
0 comments Massanutten Resort, near Harrisonburg, may have closed its ski season in late March, but a few slivers of snow lingered on until at least 2pm on Thursday, April 15, as seen in this image by pilot/...
Breaking ground: Wood builds mammoth 'cabin on the hill'
Published on Jan 25th, 2010
31 comments Wendell Wood's house on Carter's Mountain takes shape. Click on the image for a closer view. AERIAL PHOTO BY SKIP DEGAN “Why would you want to write about some house I'm building?" That was...
Supes crack down on 'moonscapes'
Published on Aug 7th, 2009
4 comments Hollymead Town Center inspired a new county ordinance August 6 that requires contractors to install permanent vegetation nine months after grading a site. Parts of the north 29 shopping center have...