Since we’ve got exciting news about some strange rectangles on Planina polje, we were occupied by the thought of finding (or at least confirming the existence of) archaeology in a most unusual place: a flood-prone, marshy karst field.
So we were back at the first opportunity, this time with a better infrared camera, hunting for ancient rectangles.

It’s fairly difficult to shoot a 300 by 200 m rectangle hidden in a vast grassy plain that has almost no visual reference points, with a camera 200 m above it and a kite that merrily dances around in the sky.

Infrared kite aerial archaeology takes a lot of planning … the very best wind and light conditions, and a lot of walking around, guiding the camera to cover the whole area of interest. That part is the trickiest one – you can’t check if you got the target when you bring the camera back down, as the near-infrared photos must be heavily processed before the interesting stuff shows up … if at all.

So immersed we were in getting the strange rectangles that we almost forgot how immensely beautiful Planina polje is …

In late May polje is at its best … lush green expanse, rare marshy flowers, birds singing their throats out … the colours, the light, the scents and the sounds …

We just had to take some pictures of this beauty from above – so as soon as we declared the infrared archaeology session over, the Old Blue rokkaku went back up, this time carrying the Insta360.

And we were rewarded with this …







But then, just after we packed our stuff and it was time for a beer, disaster struck.

One of us (we won’t tell you who) carelessly let the cans drop from his backpack, and since nowadays beer cans are made of paper-thin aluminium, they all got punctured and the beer went whusssssssssh all over the place.

As we were crying over spilled beer, a red car drove by, slowed down and came to a stop. A window rolled down and a hand emerged… holding two cans of cold beer.
“Take it, guys, we saw the accident and we’re always here to help!”
It was the firemen, members of a Volunteer Fire Brigade!

Cheers, guys – you saved us! 🙂

All kite aerial photos shot with Insta360 on The Old Blue rokkaku by Dr.Agon kites.

Wonderful story and also nice pics. Happy for you
Thanks, István … 🙂
Again a wonderful story!
Thanks … the firemen encounter was magical – there were really just a few seconds between the beer going all over the place, and those guys offering new cans 🙂