A drone flying over Apple's "spaceship" campus recorded footages of the high-tech facility's construction process, 9to5mac reported.
YouTube user jmcmin, the owner of the drone, used a DJI Phantom 2 quad copter with an attached GoPro Hero 3+ Black camera. Strictly following the rules of the Federal Aviation Administration, the drone flew below 400 feet and avoided airport no-fly zones.
The drone's eight-minute video shows what appear to be foundations of buildings inside a circular property. It also highlights how massive the Apple facility will be once it is completed, according to Mashable.
The "spaceship" campus, formerly dubbed as the Apple Campus 2, was conceptualized by the late Steve Jobs in 2006. According to Job's original plan, the entire facility will have a donut-shaped design and will span about 175-acres in Cupertino, Calif.
Surrounding the circular four-storey facility is a man-made forest composed of more than 7,000 trees. Through the curved windows that spans the main's buildings floors, those inside the facility can look outside and enjoy the greenery in their surroundings, Daily Mail reported.
The center of the circular structure will remain as an open area. It will be designed to replicate the landscape and orchards of California that Jobs fondly remembered, according to chief architect Norman Foster.
"The reference point for Steve was always the large space on the Stanford campus - the main quad - which Steve knew intimately," Foster said. "He would reminisce about the time when he was young, and California was still the fruit bowl of the United States."
To ensure that the Apple campus maintains its serene environment, Foster said roads and parking facilities will be placed underground.
"The car would be visually banished, and the tarmac would be replaced by greenery, and car parks by jogging and bicycle trails," he said.
The Apple Campus 2 was supposed to open in 2015. However, due to delays, construction began only this year and is now scheduled to be unveiled sometime in mid-2016.
Check out the Apple "spaceship" campus from a drone's perspective in the clip below.
