MOUNT QOMOLANGMA BASE CAMP, Tibet, May 6 (Xinhua) --Chinese scientific researchers are performing a "physical checkup" of the East Rongbuk glacier at 6,350 meters above sea level on Mount Qomolangma.
The checkup will provide first-hand data for the study of glacier changes on Qomolangma, ranging from visible glacier changes to high precision 3D laser scanning at the millimeter level, as well as more microscopic scientific observations.
The glacier research is part of the comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Qomolangma, which falls within China's second scientific research survey of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
The expedition is the country's first scientific research above an altitude of 8,000 meters on the peak.
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