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Jacson6

(2,196 posts) Sat May 16, 2026, 11:34 AM Saturday

Drone Over Mt Everest.

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Drone Over Mt Everest. (Original Post) Jacson6 Saturday OP

Dude, that is one high drone. Emile Saturday #1

Drones have transformed the way we view the earth. patphil Saturday #2

Drone shot Maninacan Saturday #3

My jaw has dropped open. Wow, oh, wow. Biophilic Saturday #4

Into Thinner Air BaronChocula Saturday #5

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

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

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

My first thought as well. vanamonde Saturday #9

Especially this year BlueSpot 18 hrs ago #10

Can a drone be programmed to go back "home"? zanana1 12 hrs ago #11

Emile

(43,245 posts)

1. Dude, that is one high drone.

Reply to Jacson6 (Original post)

Sat May 16, 2026, 11:40 AM

Saturday

patphil

(9,222 posts)

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

Reply to Jacson6 (Original post)

Sat May 16, 2026, 11:50 AM

Saturday

Fantastic, beautiful, awe inspiring!

Maninacan

(340 posts)

3. Drone shot

Reply to patphil (Reply #2)

Sat May 16, 2026, 12:26 PM

Saturday

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

Biophilic

(6,678 posts)

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

Reply to Jacson6 (Original post)

Sat May 16, 2026, 01:38 PM

Saturday

BaronChocula

(4,739 posts)

5. Into Thinner Air

Reply to Jacson6 (Original post)

Sat May 16, 2026, 02:23 PM

Saturday

Amazing

Fil1957

(873 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

Saturday

LudwigPastorius

(14,994 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

Saturday

msongs

(74,172 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

Saturday

vanamonde

(245 posts)

9. My first thought as well.

Reply to msongs (Reply #8)

Sat May 16, 2026, 04:48 PM

Saturday

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

BlueSpot

(1,327 posts)

10. Especially this year

Reply to msongs (Reply #8)

Mon May 18, 2026, 12:23 AM

18 hrs ago

Not an expert or even a mountain climber but, from what I understand, there are new rules going into place next year that will sharply limit the number of unproven climbers. That means all the unprovens are showing up in great numbers this year as their final chance. The line at the Hillary Step will be huge. I expect there will be a large number of deaths this year though I hope I am wrong.

But back to the video, I suspect it is either old or AI. I don't know about batteries and how drones might (or not) fly in the thin air.

zanana1

(6,524 posts)

11. Can a drone be programmed to go back "home"?

Reply to Jacson6 (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2026, 06:43 AM

12 hrs ago

I can't imagine paying that much money to use it just once.

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