German pilots flew the motorised glider, pictured, over the summit of Mount Everest and filmed the event using a specialist 3D camera. Researchers plan to use this footage to build a 3D model of the Nepalese mountain with a resolution down to 15 centimetres
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The Stemme S10-VTX glider, pictured, was mounted with a specialist 3D Modular Airborne Camera System (MACS) built by the German Aerospace Centre. The 3D model will be used to help improve forecasts of landslides and floods resulting from the outbursting of glacial lakes
The scheme was set up by the Mountain Wave Project (MWP) and researchers from the German Aerospace Centre. Pilot Klaus Ohlmann, left, and co-pilot Jona Keimer, right, took an hour and a half to reach the summit after taking off from the base camp at Pokhara airport in Nepal on 28 January
To cope with the high altitudes and cold temperatures of the Himalayas, pictured, which can drop to below -35°C, engineers put the camera through a series of tests before the flight. This included tests in a vacuum chamber, at moderate altitudes above the Alps and during unusual lighting conditions
The first 3D models of the Everest flight will be available in the coming weeks. The researchers are keeping a blog to provide additional details of their adventurous research expedition to the Himalayas.
