Above the tree line, Alpine flowers are especially showy to attract the relatively few insects that live at high altitude.

Source: https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/outdoors/4535542/smitten-enchanting-beauty-of-alpine-wildflowers/

According to IrAero, the plane door opened at an altitude of 2,800–2,900 meters.

Source: https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/plane-makes-emergency-landing-after-door-swings-open-mid-flight-1711216

Adjusted for altitude, she could be as high as third in the nation (4:54.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/sports/borgenheimer-wins-four-events-at-afa-meet/article_644f3166-99d1-11ed-aab2-3bee1ec47f41.html

A hypersonic glide vehicle is boosted on a rocket to high altitude and then glides to its target, maneuvering along the way.

Source: https://flaglerlive.com/hypersonic-missiles/

A low altitude pass over Moscow and St Petersburg on the flight to Ukraine only seems fitting, IMHO.

Source: https://www.fark.com/comments/12826086?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=comments&utm_campaign=fark

And with altitude hold and headless mode, you can keep your drone steady and focused, no matter your skill level.

Source: https://boingboing.net/2023/12/09/delight-the-tech-lover-in-your-life-with-one-of-these-ninja-drones-and-save-up-to-119.html

A November tradition at Folsom Field: A superior team comes to Boulder, gets off to a wobbly start at altitude, then plays catch-up the rest of the game until falling just short late.

Source: https://www.denverpost.com/2023/11/03/cu-buffs-vs-oregon-state-preview-predictions/

A review of data showed that the software guiding the descent appeared to lose track of the landers’s altitude when it passed over the rim of a crater on the moon’s surface that was about two miles higher than the surrounding terrain.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/26/science/moon-crash-japan-ispace.html

A rocket launched from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, USA, would capture an image of the Earth from an altitude of 105km.

Source: https://www.zmescience.com/space/history-of-earth-from-space-432/

At one point on that show, Clark, JJ Redick, Stephen A. Smith, and host Molly Qerim were discussing the Denver altitude (5,276 feet above sea level).

Source: https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/ryan-clark-i-almost-died-denver-first-take.html

Austin said military commanders determined downing the balloon while it flew over land “posed an undue risk to people across a wide area due to the size and altitude of the balloon and its surveillance payload.”

Source: https://www.wsjm.com/2023/02/05/chinese-balloon-live-updates-moving-eastward-over-central-us-pentagon-says/

A weather balloon will fly at an altitude above what an aircraft will fly, below any stable orbit, and move so slowly that it is not likely to raise any alarms.

Source: https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/02/10/1934209/pentagon-shoots-down-an-unidentified-object-over-alaska?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

Bartsch said the area was already very "tough" to fly in due to its difficult terrain and high altitude.

Source: https://www.9news.com.au/world/nepal-plane-crash-yeti-airlines-72-on-board-kathmandu-to-pokhara/5f52b150-459c-4396-bc55-2ecdd976bd23

BEIJING — China said on Wednesday that U.S. high altitude balloons flew over its Xinjiang and Tibet regions, and it will take measures against U.S. entities that undermine Chinese sovereignty as a diplomatic dispute festered.

Source: https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/china-sanctions-lockheed-martin-raytheon-over-taiwan-arms-sales-2

Buffett remained at cruising altitude for a few years, amassing signature tunes such as “Cheeseburger in Paradise” and “,” but by the middle of the 1980s, he recognized that the tide was turning; his generation was becoming the old guard.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-09-02/jimmy-buffett-dead-margaritaville-singer-songwriter

But it said that later in the mission, at an altitude of approximately 180 kilometers (112 miles), "the upper stage experienced an anomaly.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-london-cornwall-england-atlantic-ocean-b2261013.html

But with fuel running low, it retired the satellite at an altitude just over 120 kilometers above the original arc.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-10-tv-first-ever-space-debris-fine.html

Climbing up to an altitude of 1,044ft, it includes gradients of nine per cent over, before leading up to a final ramp of up to 18 per cent.

Source: https://www.obantimes.co.uk/2023/05/05/argylls-largest-cycling-sportive-returns-for-ninth-edition/

EasyJet plane flying at 300mph missed 'drone' by just 16ft in near miss over the Sussex countryside at an altitude of 5,000ft, report reveals.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11956007/Perth-community-arms-giant-OnlyFans-billboard-advertisement-WC-Savage.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Even if the retrieval did not work, a slowly descending balloon and instrument pod would not pose the same hazards as an instrument pod that had been blown to bits at high altitude.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/world/Chinese-balloon-soars-across-U.S.-Blinken-scraps-Beijing-trip