7/24/2019
A few weeks ago, Bill White (Parent of HPA grads Paul and Ryan White) contacted Laura Jim and Marc Rice about our possible participation in a research project surrounding the protection of Wailea Bay, Hawaii Island. We were, of course, thrilled to take part in the project as it will allow many of our students to participate in gathering and analyzing data, mapping coral in the bay using ARCGIS online, conducting under water transects to formulate a baseline of coral health in the bay and publishing the information for public consumption.
NOTE: Thanks to Bill Wiecking and the E Lab for providing the drone and a special thanks to Ethan Goore for doing all of the hard work of piloting and garnering the images!
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| Wailea Bay with the Marine Life Conservation District (MLCD) mauka of the yellow line. |
To start off the project, we were asked if we could map fresh water outflow into the bay. Utilizing a FLIR infrared camera we took pictures of the bay using a DJI Mavic drone to see if we could
differentiate fresh water from salt water based on the fact that the fresh ground water flowing into the bay would be colder that ocean water. We have yet to look at the pictures but we did go down and fly the mission. Ethan Goore (HPA class of '21) piloted the drone using Drone Deploy software. Below are a few pictures of the days activities. As soon as we get the pictures stitched together, I will share them with you.
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| Pilot Ethan Goore and Wailea resident Bill White. |
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| Just about ready to take off. |
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| The Mavic pro drone with FLIR IR camera. |
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| Ethan landing the drone by "hand capture". |
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| A picture of the south side of Wailea Bay at 1000 h on 7/24/2019. |
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| The north end of Wailea Bay at 1000 h on 7/24/2019. |
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