McCamey, TX — Client needed thousands of acres of solar panels in the middle of the desert of West Texas inspected immediately. The size of the facility was enormous and the heat was truly scorching. Shadeless blazing baking bone dry sunshine from dawn to dusk.

These fields were 6 miles down a pot-holed dirt road, behind 2 highly secure fence lines, out of cell range. Now limit pilot to 4 batteries to complete entire mission, make rapid re-charging key to finishing mission by deadline.

In the 115°F West Texas desert.

We raced down to Texas, where morning temperatures rose rapidly from 75°F to 105°F in the desert. Arrived in the small isolated town of McCamey on Friday, was flying Mavic 3 Enterprise Thermal to capture both RGB & Infrared images at a 45° angle, winding back n forth from row to never ending row by Saturday morning.

Driving around the sites is incredible. Desert plants and animals are visible and interesting. Saw my first jack rabbit. No scorpions or rattlesnakes though, for which I am eternally grateful.

This is where the job gets exciting, and the professional deploys his gear to identify anomalies in the panels that are causing issues and reducing profits.

We finished the entire site mission by Sunday 1:30pm. Back at the La Bonita hotel we celebrated — our client was extremely pleased.