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Burj Khalifa
Watch an eagle-eyed view of what it's like to fly from the world's tallest building
Our legs are wobbly just thinking about it.
DON’T LOOK DOWN.
This is the footage from a camera strapped to an eagle as it swooped from the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
The live-streamed flight saw the imperial eagle, Darshan, float down more than 2700 feet.
The event was organised by Freedom Conservation, looking to raise awareness of endangered species like the imperial eagle, which itself benefited from conservation programmes.
The sets a new world record for the highest flight by a bird from a man-made structure.
Freedom Conservation’s eagles have carried out similar flights before, including a flight over Paris…
… sand dunes in Dubai.
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