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Recreational Space Exploration - Ordinary Dudes Send Balloon Into Space (GALLERY)
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A group of (extra) ordinary dudes in Alberta sent a camera equipped balloon into space. Their project, SABLE-3 (Southern Alberta Balloon Launch Experiment #3), involved the creation of a giant helium balloon with a GPS tracking device and a camera. The camera was a Nikon Coolpix P2 digital set to snap pictures one per minute.
SABLE-3 was launched on Saturday, August 11th, 2007, at 9:31 AM with a payload, consisting of a Nikon Coolpix P2 digital camera set to take 1 image every minute and a Byonics MicroTrak 300 APRS Tracker, that the Kaysam 1200 gram balloon carried to over 117,597 feet. The last payload camera photo from the ground was just before it was launched, at 9:31 AM, and the last photo before the balloon burst was the photo above, at 12:01 PM, exactly 2½ hours or 150 images later. And what a photo. The composition couldn't have been better or the horizon more level and out of the 196 images taken during the flight, only 1 other image is as good. What are the chances?
(gizmodo)
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