Students tie £56 camera to balloon and send it to edge of space to capture stunning images of Earth

18Mar09

Teenagers with a £56 camera and latex balloon have managed to take stunning pictures from 20 miles above Earth.
Proving that you don’t need Google’s billions or the BBC weather centre’s resources, the four Spanish students managed to send a camera-operated weather balloon into the stratosphere.
Taking atmospheric readings and photographs, the Meteotek team of IES La [...]

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