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Jacson6

(2,195 posts) Sat May 16, 2026, 11:34 AM 13 hrs ago

Drone Over Mt Everest.

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Drone Over Mt Everest. (Original Post) Jacson6 13 hrs ago OP

Dude, that is one high drone. Emile 13 hrs ago #1

Drones have transformed the way we view the earth. patphil 13 hrs ago #2

Drone shot Maninacan 13 hrs ago #3

My jaw has dropped open. Wow, oh, wow. Biophilic 11 hrs ago #4

Into Thinner Air BaronChocula 11 hrs ago #5

I thought the air was too thin at that altitude for a prop driven drone to work. Fil1957 10 hrs ago #6

How do you keep the batteries powering that thing from freezing on the way up? LudwigPastorius 9 hrs ago #7

dont see the crowd of hundreds usually lined up waiting to summit. nt msongs 9 hrs ago #8

My first thought as well. vanamonde 8 hrs ago #9

Emile

(43,227 posts)

1. Dude, that is one high drone.

Reply to Jacson6 (Original post)

Sat May 16, 2026, 11:40 AM

13 hrs ago

patphil

(9,218 posts)

2. Drones have transformed the way we view the earth.

Reply to Jacson6 (Original post)

Sat May 16, 2026, 11:50 AM

13 hrs ago

Fantastic, beautiful, awe inspiring!

Maninacan

(336 posts)

3. Drone shot

Reply to patphil (Reply #2)

Sat May 16, 2026, 12:26 PM

13 hrs ago

Can always tell drone shots in Movies. Gotta be way better than Copter or Crane.

Biophilic

(6,661 posts)

4. My jaw has dropped open. Wow, oh, wow.

Reply to Jacson6 (Original post)

Sat May 16, 2026, 01:38 PM

11 hrs ago

BaronChocula

(4,736 posts)

5. Into Thinner Air

Reply to Jacson6 (Original post)

Sat May 16, 2026, 02:23 PM

11 hrs ago

Amazing

Fil1957

(872 posts)

6. I thought the air was too thin at that altitude for a prop driven drone to work.

Reply to Jacson6 (Original post)

Sat May 16, 2026, 02:28 PM

10 hrs ago

LudwigPastorius

(14,988 posts)

7. How do you keep the batteries powering that thing from freezing on the way up?

Reply to Jacson6 (Original post)

Sat May 16, 2026, 03:45 PM

9 hrs ago

msongs

(74,164 posts)

8. dont see the crowd of hundreds usually lined up waiting to summit. nt

Reply to Jacson6 (Original post)

Sat May 16, 2026, 03:52 PM

9 hrs ago

vanamonde

(245 posts)

9. My first thought as well.

Reply to msongs (Reply #8)

Sat May 16, 2026, 04:48 PM

8 hrs ago

Plus agree with others about battery capacity at those temperatures and rotor efficiency at that altitude.

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