Google Street View launches first SKYDIVING panorama so you can soar through the air without leaving your sofa

A Google Street View photographer has joined forces with New Zealand skydive operator, Skydive Abel Tasman, to put the world's first skydive experience onto Google Street View. dailymail

Jumping out of a plane at 16,000ft is not for everyone.

But thanks to an amazing new project by Google Street View, even the most fearful of us can now witness what it would be like to skydive and soak up the spectacular New Zealand scenery, without even stepping away from the computer.

A Google Street View photographer has joined forces with New Zealand skydive operator, Skydive Abel Tasman, to put the world's first skydive experience onto Google Street View. 

Ready, set, go: The virtual tour, which begins on the ground, shows what it's like to fly up 16,500ft into the sky and then jump, falling at about 125mph over Abel Tasman National Park, New Zealand's smallest national park, located at the north end of the South Island

The skydive street view is the brainchild of Google certified photographer, Alex Mather and was filmed over five days to create a fully interactive picture. It was also captured in a 360-degree video.

Mather was intrigued that nobody had photographed something from a skydiving perspective and was keen to try something different.

The virtual tour, which begins on the ground, shows what it's like to fly up 16,500ft into the sky and then jump, falling at about 125mph over Abel Tasman National Park, New Zealand's smallest national park, located at the north end of the South Island.

It's the only skydive drop zone in New Zealand with views over both islands as well as mountains and the ocean at the same time. 

Custom attachment points and rigging for a 360 GoPro Pano Ball was built to maximise the experience.

The beautiful footage takes in the huge, craggy mountains, the green, patchwork fields and the vast expanse of blue sea and golden beaches. 

Not for the faint-hearted: It's the only skydive drop zone in New Zealand with views over both islands as well as mountains and the ocean at the same time

Bird's eye view: The amazing skydive - the brainchild of Google certified photographer, Alex Mather - was filmed over five days and was also captured in a 360-degree video

Awe-inspiring: Custom attachment points and rigging for a 360 GoPro Pano Ball was built to maximise the experience

Nearly there: The footage takes in the huge, craggy mountains, the green, patchwork fields and the vast expanse of blue sea and golden beaches

Coming in to land: Marketing manager David Bonham-Carter, who put the idea to Skydive Abel Tasman, said: 'You look at the results that came out of [the project] and it's pretty stunning, we know we live in a special region but you look at it from the air and it puts it all in perspective'. dailymail

Back to earth: Owner of Skydive Abel Tasman, Stuart Bean, said: 'Skydiving in the Abel Tasman is unique. We have mountains, we have rivers, we have the ocean and we have the Abel Tasman National Park'

Marketing manager David Bonham-Carter, who put the idea to Skydive Abel Tasman, told New Zealand news site, Stuff: 'You look at the results that came out of [the project] and it's pretty stunning, we know we live in a special region but you look at it from the air and it puts it all in perspective.'

Owner of Skydive Abel Tasman, Stuart Bean, said: 'Skydiving in the Abel Tasman is unique. We have mountains, we have rivers, we have the ocean and we have the Abel Tasman National Park.'

The national park is named after Abel Tasman, who became the first European explorer to catch sight of New Zealand in 1642 and anchored nearby in Golden Bay.

MailOnline Travel has contacted both Google and Skydive Abel Tasman for further comment. dailymail

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