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How do you think those photos were taken?

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KxRuWaD0sXg/U7MHoNyBuiI/AAAAAAAAJ...

oops - I was sure they sent a robot to do that. Never mind.

They used makeshift robots when photographing elephant's foot. Unfortunately for the worker in the picture, they didn't use it then.

Yes, and here is an article and a pretty scary shot from the Elephants foot.

http://rarehistoricalphotos.com/the-elephant-foot-of-the-che...

I couldn't find if robots were used here, but I'm sure more were later.

Your link says

> From a safe distance, workers – or “liquidators” as they were called – rigged up a crude wheeled camera contraption and pushed it towards the Elephant’s Foot

Humans, not robots, take the shot