After a week of the opening of world's tallest man made structure, Burj Khalifa in Dubai, two expert base jumpers Omar Al Hegelan and Nasser Al Neyadi jumped off the top of the building to create the record fort he highest jump from a man-made structure.

Omar Al Hegelan and Nasser Al Neyadi leapt 2,205 feet from the top of the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai before free-falling for 10 seconds then deploying their parachutes.

Both men are expert skydivers and obtained permission from the Dubai authorities to jump from the tower.

Al Hegelan began Base jumping in 1997 and has made over 15,000 sky dives. He told Sky News: "It was amazing, one of the most beautiful sensations I've ever experienced.

"We did it legally, we did it safely and we set a new world record.

"It took months of planning and we had to obtain permission from the UAE government, but we showed that safe, legal Base jumps are possible from the Burj Khalifa."

The Burj Khalifa cost $1.5bn (£936m) to build and is the tallest man-made structure on earth at 828m (2,717ft).

The word 'Base' refers to the structures jumpers leap from: Building, Span, Antenna, Earth.Source: news.sky.com

Kudos to the jumpers!