Man tapes camera to helium balloon (gets fantastic photos)

[HarveyDarkey]

5:56pm UK, Thursday March 25, 2010

Jo Couzens, Sky News Online
A space enthusiast has taken spectacular images of the Earth's surface from space - using a standard digital camera taped to a helium balloon.

Robert Harrison has been able to send his £500 device 22 miles above the earth's surface - a height that can only be reached by a rocket or weather balloon.

Over the last two years, the IT director from Highburton in West Yorkshire has launched 12 high-altitude balloons with a simple Canon camera attached.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Camera-Taped-To-Helium-Balloon-Takes-Amazing-Pictures-Of-Earths-Surface-22-Miles-Above-The-Planet/Article/201003415582176?f=rss

[NV Whino]

1. Cool!

There was a thread on here last year about a guy sending his camera up on a tethered balloon. Not nearly as high, but still spectacular photos. I believe he was here in the SF Bay area. Maybe someone can find the thread.

[Xipe Totec]

2. This needs to be posted in GD, or Science

Utterly amazing :wow:

[Schema Thing]

3. There is freeware out there that can take care of that curvature

in his horizons.



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