Flight in the Himalayas with new DLR camera system
Flight in the Himalayas with new DLR camera system
In January 2014, a German team of pilots from the Mountain Wave Project (MWP) and scientists from the Institute of Optical Sensor Systems at DLR Berlin succeeded, for the first time, to fly along the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest, with a motor glider. On board was a camera system specially developed for this expedition. It provides a highly accurate 3-D model of the Nepalese Everest region with a ground resolution of up to 15 centimetres.
