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This drone video takes you on a fascinating flight through the guts of Seattle's Bertha tunneling machine

What looks like a rebel-infiltration of the Death Star is actually a drone-captured impression of the inner workings of the gigantic tunneling machine 'Bertha' currently digging its/her way underneath the temporarily closed Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle. (Still from WSDOT's drone video) Diagram showing Bertha's progress as of May 3, 2016. (Image via WSDOT)

What looks like a rebel-infiltration of the Death Star is actually a drone-captured impression of the inner workings of the gigantic tunneling machine 'Bertha' currently digging its/her way underneath the temporarily closed Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle. (Still from WSDOT's drone video)

What looks like a rebel-infiltration of the Death Star is actually a drone-captured impression of the inner workings of the gigantic tunneling machine "Bertha" currently digging its/her way underneath the temporarily closed Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle. (Still from WSDOT's drone video)