[imagesource: YouTube / DJI Mavic 3]

The summit of Mount Everest clocks in at a whopping 8 849 metres, which is too high for a regular helicopter to reach.

The reason for this is because the air pressure at the summit of Everest is a third of that at sea level, meaning much lower levels of lift.

Only in 2005 did French test pilot Didier DelSalle, flying a powerful and specially lightened Eurocopter AS350 B3 Squirrel, make it to the summit in an aircraft.

Enter a lightweight little drone, the DJI Mavic 3, and now we can all enjoy intense panoramic views from the top of the world.

Much better than the content from those boombox-carrying influencers lining up to reach the peak, I am sure.

Watch the Mavic 3 ascend to a height of more than 9 232 meters to capture the sublime nature of Everest:

DJI partnered with 8KRAW Films – a small Chinese-based crew that produces travel and adventure films – in a project to fly the Mavic 3 drone off the highest mountain on Earth, per PetaPixel.

“8KRAW continues to pursue the ultimate image. As early as three years ago, we began to try aerial photography of Mount Everest. It was the team’s long-cherished wish to fly a drone at the top and complete the leap shooting,” 8KRAW’s founder and chief director of the film Wang Yuanzong tells sUAS News.

“The light and reliable Mavic 3 with the ultimate image and the warm weather conditions on the summit day finally came true, and I am very grateful to Mount Everest for accepting us and allowing us to see it from a new perspective.”

DJI wrote that the highest point on Earth is “a place where describing the weather as ‘harsh’ is an understatement,” but still, they developed a detailed flight plan that would allow their videographers to take the ultimate drone flight from the summit.

It is very rare and special to see footage captured from a drone that goes above the clouds and over the mountains like that.

[source:petapixel]