This old photograph is a rare bird's-eye view from its time: the whole peninsula of the estate is visible, the lake with its small island, the tree-lined avenue along the shore, and the palace with its pointed tower, surrounded by garden trees.
Today we would capture such a shot with a drone in a few minutes, but in the early 20th century, photographing from the air was a difficult and expensive task: hot-air balloons and kites were used, and one of the strangest methods was pigeon photography — tiny automatic cameras strapped to the chests of homing pigeons, which, flying over estates and towns, photographed the view below all on their own. This method became famous at international exhibitions in Dresden, Frankfurt, and Paris in 1909–1911. Only after Lithuania's own aeroclub was founded in 1927 did such views from small aircraft become easier to obtain.
The animation zooms dynamically toward the palace, as though the viewer themselves were flying over the lake.