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Eagle Dives From The World's Tallest Building, Captures Stunning Bird's Eye View On Camera

WATCH: Camera-Strapped Eagle Dives From World's Tallest Building
Dominique Mosbergen
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Senior Reporter, HuffPost

How’s this for a bird’s eye view?

In this video, uploaded on March 14 by the BBC, watch as an eagle named Darshan takes flight from the top of the world’s tallest building, Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, with a camera strapped to its back.

The eagle, which was trained by falconer Jacques-Olivier Travers in France, descended about 2,700 feet as it captured stunning views of the city before finally landing near a fountain at the building’s base.

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Organized by Freedom Conservation to raise awareness for endangered birds of prey, the eagle’s journey is said to have been the “highest-ever recorded bird flight from a man-made structure,” per the BBC.

"We know that people love these types of videos. It's a great way for us to attract the public's attention to endangered animals and to the fact that humans need to learn how to share their space with these animals," Freedom Conservation director Ronald Menzel told NBC News.

Watch the eagle’s incredible flight in the video above.

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Chinese Kazakh eagle hunters, who are all brothers from the Beysenbay family, ride together with their eagles before a local competition in the mountains of Qinghe County, Xinjiang, northwestern China on Jan. 29, 2015. The festival, organized by the local hunting community, is part of an effort to promote and grow traditional hunting practices for new generations in the mountainous region of western China that borders Kazakhstan, Russia and Mongolia. The training and handling of the large birds of prey follows a strict set of ancient rules that Kazakh eagle hunters are preserving for future generations.
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A Chinese Kazakh eagle hunter rides with his eagle as he arrives for a local competition in the mountains of Qinghe County, China, on Jan. 30, 2015.
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Spectators watch as an eagle that was released by a Chinese Kazakh eagle hunter flies above the crowd during a local competition in the mountains of Qinghe County, China, on Jan. 30, 2015.
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Chinese Kazakh eagle hunters ride with their eagles during a local competition in the mountains of Qinghe County, China, on Jan. 30, 2015.
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A Chinese Kazakh eagle hunter hunts with his eagle during a local competition in the mountains of Qinghe County, China, on Jan. 30, 2015.
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Spectators watch a Chinese Kazakh eagle hunter release his bird during a local competition in the mountains of Qinghe County, China, on Jan. 30, 2015.
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A Chinese Kazakh boy watches during a local eagle hunting competition in the mountains of Qinghe County, China on Jan. 31, 2015.
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Chinese Kazakh eagle hunter Margars Mazkin, 74, sits with his eagle before leaving for a competition in the mountains of Qinghe County, China on Jan. 31, 2015.
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A Chinese Kazakh horseman watches at an eagle hunting competition in the mountains of Qinghe County, China, on Jan. 31, 2015.
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Chinese Kazakh eagle hunters laugh together as they rest during a local competition in the mountains of Qinghe County, China, on Jan. 31, 2015.
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A Chinese Kazakh eagle hunter releases his eagle during a local competition in the mountains of Qinghe County, China, on Jan. 31, 2015.
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A Chinese Kazakh eagle hunter sits on his horse as he waits before a local competition in the mountains of Qinghe County, China, on Jan. 30, 2015.
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Chinese Kazakh eagle hunter Bolat Beysenbay sits atop his horse as he holds his eagle before a local competition in the mountains of Qinghe County, China on Jan. 29, 2015.
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