The solar-powered plane, Solar Impulse 2, continues its journey around the world. It's taken off from India's northern temple town of Varanasi for Myanmar.

The solar-powered plane, Solar Impulse 2, continues its journey around the world.

The Swiss-built plane is en route to Mandalay in Myanmar after a week-long stopover in India. The no-fuel flight landed in Varanasi on Wednesday. The Solar Impulse 2 is on the fourth leg of its 35-thousand-kilometer journey around the globe.

After a stopover in Myanmar, the plane will head to China. Then it will cross the Pacific Ocean, the United States, the Atlantic and southern Europe, before it arrives back in Abu Dhabi by late July. It took 12 years to design and build the plane.

The Solar Impulse 2 is as heavy as a family car at 23-hundred kilograms but has a wingspan as wide as the largest airliner.

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