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Looking more at the photo, Google Earth, and having been to Monument Valley many times before it became so crowded, it looks like a fairly wide angle view with the camera very close to West Mitten Butte, which is well inside the park, looking south. You can see the East Mitten in the near background and Agathla Peak in the far background, looking toward Kayenta.
The lowest areas around West Mitten Butte are at an elevation of around 5270 feet and the top of the butte is at 6174 feet, making the difference and height of the butte around 900 feet.The drone is above the butte, but not 1000 feet above it. Using the butte for scale and based on the wide perspective of the image I'd guess the drone was around 1200 to 1500 feet above the ground. Based on what's in the bottom of the image and the FOV, the drone can't be more than around 1000 feet away from the butte, which puts it way inside Monument Valley Tribal Park. Yet the OP stated "I did not fly from inside the park. There are big signs posted there. I respect that, MV is my 1-2 visits a year regularly for the past 15 years, so I do know the rules there."
http://www.faa.gov/uas/recreational_fliers/ This says in bold type "Fly your drone at or below 400 feet when in uncontrolled or "Class G" airspace."
Am I wrong about all of this?
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