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New drone footage shows just how massive Apple's 'spaceship' campus really is

Danielle Muoio

2016-02-02T14:56:00Z

Footage captured by a DJI Phantom drone in September and January gave us a hint of what Apple's new campus, dubbed Apple Campus 2, will look like.

But the same owner of that DJI Phantom drone, Duncan Sinfield, released new footage Monday that gives us a better look of the $5 billion campus. What's particularly exciting is the footage gives us a look at the underground auditorium.

Here's a detailed look at the Apple Campus 2:

The new headquarters in Cupertino, California will house more than 12,000 employees.

Here we see the main building, which Apple CEO Tim Cook compared to a spaceship, which has 700,000 solar panels.

That many solar panels makes the ring-shaped building "net-zero energy" — meaning that the amount of energy used annually is about equal to the amount of renewable energy created on the site.

Here's a closer look at the main building, where the largest pieces of curved glass ever are being installed.

More than 3,000 pieces of curved glass will be installed in the building.

A drone didn't capture this photo! This was taken when Cook visited Sedak, the German-based glass manufacturer, on Feb. 23, 2015.

But going back to the drone footage, here we see an entirely new photo of the campus' underground auditorium.

The 120,000-square-foot auditorium, which isn't attached to the main building, will seat 1,000 people.

Here's what the underground auditorium will look like when it's complete.

The auditorium will be covered with trees.

And here we can see the roof that will cover the underground auditorium.

This shot shows how the circular roof, on the right, will be lifted to cover the underground auditorium on the left.

On the right side we can see the west side parking structure, which has been fully equipped with its solar arrays.

Apple Campus 2 parking structure with solar panels

This is what Apple Campus 2 will look like when it's complete.

Take a look at the video for yourself.

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