I was out on a little floating dock on a quiet pond and saw this snake basking in the sun.



There was about 25 feet of water between us, so I got a photo or two in case it left.  

Then as I had my drone nearby, I decided to put that up and see if I could get an overhead shot.

I don't like flying it if there are other animals that will likely not react well around one, but I didn't think a snake would be too disturbed by it.

So for me, it's a pretty rare image of an animal from the drone.



I never have only seen a few much smaller snakes in that pond in the years since, but I'll never forget that this one was sitting up there and I'm pretty certain it, and likely others of that size, are thriving in it.