Amusing and strangely beautiful footage has emerged from Canada of a drone crashing while it was being used to film sheep on a farm.

In the video, filmed on a farm in Quebec on November 28, the drone is gliding along smoothly before its battery suddenly malfunctions, sending it plunging to the ground.

The filmer later wrote online: "A friend of mine wanted some nice aerial footage of her countryside property and farm.

"As I was capturing some wonderful footage of the sheep running in the field, the drone battery malfunctioned, resulting in a very picturesque countryside crash."

Fortunately, as the video shows, the drone landed softly and wasn't damaged.