Another method to get a pic of your land, is to use a model rocket with a built in camera.
To the tune of "People Who Died" by Jim Carroll Band:
Mickey was a mouse that I kept in my pocket
I put him in the nose cone of my new model rocket.
The rocket took off and flew over the trees
And Mickey was subjected to 22 Gees.
The rocket came down and blew up with a flash;
The rocket had crashed, Mickey got trashed.