Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, are becoming cheaper and easier to use all the time. Combined with cheap high-quality cameras, and we’re living in a new age of video recording.
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A drone plus an HD camera can enable a regular person take absolutely breathtaking video from angles never before possible (or at least that were very, very difficult to do before).
While YouTube is chalk-full of amazing videos shot with drones, here is just a sampling of videos shot with drones of beautiful Christian sites.
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For each video, I’ve included a picture, a few gifs, and then the video.
Enjoy!
1) Mont St. Michel, France
![Freeway Drone / YouTube](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/03/Screen-Shot-2015-03-01-at-10.48.45-PM-1024x494.png)
![Freeway Drone / giffffr](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/03/giffffr.gif)
![Freeway Drone / giffffr](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/03/giffffr-1.gif)
2) Solesmes Abbey, France
![Freeway Drone / YouTube](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/03/Screen-Shot-2015-03-01-at-11.06.11-PM-1024x498.png)
![Freeway Drone, YouTube / makeagif.com](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/03/1.gif)
![Freeway Drone, YouTube / makeagif.com](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/03/2.gif)
3) Dom Tower, of the old Cathedral of Saint Martin, Utrecht, Netherlands
![Overview / YouTube](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/03/Screen-Shot-2015-03-01-at-11.59.55-PM-1024x430.png)
![Overview, YouTube / makeagif.com](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/03/13.gif)
![Overview, YouTube / makeagif.com](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/03/23.gif)
4) Christ the Redeemer statue, Brazil
![worldfromaboveHD / YouTube](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/03/Screen-Shot-2015-03-01-at-11.47.39-PM-1024x574.png)
![worldfromaboveHD, YouTube / makeagift.com](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/03/12.gif)
![worldfromaboveHD, YouTube / makeagift.com](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/03/22.gif)
5) Cathedral of Notre Dame, Strasbourg, France
![Flynamic Drone / YouTube](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/03/Screen-Shot-2015-03-01-at-11.33.05-PM-1024x570.png)
![Flynamic Drone, YouTube / makeagif.com](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/03/11.gif)
![Flynamic Drone, YouTube / makeagif.com](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/03/21.gif)
6) Canterbury Cathedral, United Kingdom
![Nina Blueroom / YouTube](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/03/Screen-Shot-2015-03-02-at-12.12.31-AM-1024x556.png)
![Nina Blueroom, YouTube / makeagif.com](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/03/14.gif)
![Nina Blueroom, YouTube / makeagif.com](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/03/24.gif)
7) Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
![albertocvr / YouTube](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/03/Screen-Shot-2015-03-02-at-12.25.46-AM-1024x575.png)
![albertocvr, YouTube / makeagif.com](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/03/3.gif)
![albertocvr, YouTube / makeagif.com](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/03/4.gif)
8) St. Paul Cathedral, St. Paul, MN, USA
![Matthew Deery / YouTube](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/03/Screen-Shot-2015-03-02-at-12.48.54-AM-1024x574.png)
![Matthew Deery, YouTube / makeagif.com](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/03/15.gif)
![Matthew Deery, YouTube / makeagif.com](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/03/25.gif)
9) Vaux-de-Cernay Abbey, France
![glambert7777 / YouTube](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/03/Screen-Shot-2015-03-02-at-1.05.37-AM-1024x569.png)
![glambert7777, YouTube / makeagif.com](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/03/16.gif)
![glambert7777, YouTube / makeagif.com](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/03/26.gif)
10) Sagrada Família, Spain
![albertocvr / YouTube](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/03/Screen-Shot-2015-03-02-at-1.17.37-AM-1024x570.png)
![albertocvr, YouTube / makeagif.com](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/03/17.gif)
![albertocvr, YouTube / makeagif.com](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/03/27.gif)
11) Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, France
![Aderly-ONLYLYON / YouTube](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/03/Screen-Shot-2015-03-02-at-1.49.18-AM-1024x576.png)
![Aderly-ONLYLYON, YouTube / makeagif.com](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/03/18.gif)
![Aderly-ONLYLYON, YouTube / makeagif.com](https://www.churchpop.com/content/images/wordpress/2015/03/28.gif)