--- description: This week's TIME cover features nearly 1,000 Intel Shooting Star creating the TIME logo and red border in the sky. title: Watch as Nearly 1,000 Drones Come Together to Make TIME's New Cover image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84b0742ecc71c44a/698931be096a9447666a28e3/every50frames2.gif?branch=production ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch as Nearly 1,000 Drones Come Together to Make TIME's New Cover  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 31, 2018 10:39 AM CUT  Drone video still by TIME  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 31, 2018 10:39 AM CUT TIME’s cover this week is unlike any in the magazine’s 95-year history. Working with Intel, the cover was made by using 958 of the company’s Shooting Star™ drones to create the iconic TIME logo and red border in midair over California. Intel’s drones, which you may have seen during the [Winter Olympics](http://time.com/5141718/opening-ceremony-drones-olympic-rings-represent/ "undefined"), appear as dots in the sky and can be pre-programmed to create all manner of recognizable shapes and designs. [TIME Special Report: The Drone Era](http://www.time.com/drones "undefined")  Video Still by Drone for TIME This is also the first TIME cover to feature an image made by a drone. It was captured by a specialized drone used for commercial and film cinematography that recorded the light show from start to finish. In the video above, watch as the TIME all-drones cover is assembled in midair in just a few minutes. Watch Intel's Shooting Star Drones Make TIME's New Cover ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5294789/time-drone-cover-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5294789/time-drone-cover-video/"},"headline":"Watch as Nearly 1,000 Drones Come Together to Make TIME's New Cover","datePublished":"2018-05-31T10:39:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:43:38.300Z","description":"TIME worked with Intel's Shooting Star drones for this week's unique cover","url":"https://time.com/5294789/time-drone-cover-video/","keywords":["Tech","Drones"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84b0742ecc71c44a/698931be096a9447666a28e3/every50frames2.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Fitzpatrick","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alex-fitzpatrick/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84b0742ecc71c44a/698931be096a9447666a28e3/every50frames2.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Every50Frames2","caption":"","creditText":"Drone video still by TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5294789/time-drone-cover-video/","name":"Watch as Nearly 1,000 Drones Come Together to Make TIME's New Cover"}}]}] ```