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A drone pilot taking a look at a giant wind turbine was startled to find a man sunbathing on the top of it.

Kevin Miller flew the drone all the way up the 200ft turbine to find the mystery man flat on his back catching some rays.

Woken from his nap by the noise of the drone, he sits up, gives a wave, and looks rather nonplussed as the drone moves in further for a good look.

The bearded adventurer seemed entirely unconcerned about being unbelievably high in the sky without any safety equipment.

Kevin, from San Diego, California, took the images when he was on holiday in Rhode Island on the other side of the country.

He assumes the man, possibly an engineer, climbed the rung ladder inside the support column to nab the best sunbathing spot in town.

Kevin, 49, said: "I thought this was my chance to get up close to capture what is usually tough to access. So I decided to drive up to get a super close video while [the turbine] was not in operation.

(Image: Ingur)

"When I reached the bottom, I noticed that the maintenance door was open and thought someone was up inside doing repairs.

"The guy must have been napping because he did not notice the drone for 5-10 seconds, but once he heard it he sat up to take a look.

"At that point I decided to take a closer look by moving closer to say hi. Once I got closer I moved the drone side to side to say hello and he motioned back to the drone. It was a cool interaction between us.

"Upon landing he saw me bring the drone down and was leaning over the edge. I looked up and wave to him and he waved back."