Whinstone US is a Bitcoin Mining data center located in Rockdale, Texas. In May 2021, Riot Blockchain acquired Whinstone US and the company began a 400 MW expansion. Chad Everett Harris takes daily drone footage of the site progress. Each day the drone photography of Whinstone US is used to document the process of building a Bitcoin mining facility.

Drone Photography Equipment

Chad Everett Harris equipment of choice is the DJI Mavic series. Most of the photography today is being shot with the Mavic 3 drone. Using the DJI Mavic 3 Cine makes the drone photography of Whinstone US become a work of art.

DJI Mavic 3 Cine

• Flagship camera drone for pros
• 899 g
• 4/3 CMOS
• 20 MP, DNG (RAW)
• 5.1K/50fps, 4K/120fps
• 46-minute Flight Time (no wind)
• O3+, 15km, 1080p/60fps Transmission*
• Complete Omnidirectional
• ActiveTrack 5.0
• Advanced RTH
• DJI RC Pro (high-bright display)
• 1TB SSD high-speed internal storage
• 28x Zoom
• MasterShots
• APAS 5.0
• Apple ProRes 422 HQ encoding