A fine resolution camera is needed to capture the topography of beaches and sand dunes. Otherwise the glare from the sun will make it difficult to resolve features necessary for creating tie points when conducting structure-from-motion photogrammetry. Here, we configured our best drone for measuring topographic complexity of beaches and sand dunes. Meet the Matrice 600 Pro aircraft equipped with a Ronin-MX gimbal carrying a Sony A7III camera, also known as MaRS. Grad student Phil Van Wagoner pilots the MaRS while grad student Jessica Richter watches as the visual observer.