To the edge of space

[4wd]

Interesting sequence on flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/30721501@N05/sets/72157608235936214/

You can easiest view the set as a slideshow, although it takes a while to load.
He attaches a special camera to a weather balloon.
On 2nd page there's a graphic shows how far it travelled horizontally as well as up.
He was lucky to retrieve it as it fell less than a mile from the Sea!

[quadbod]

Not working for me..... any chance of updating the link?

[4wd]

Try it now, the flickr @ was breaking it.

[Deleted]

Is this what TJ was referring to in the last post here:
farmingdiscussions.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1316

Last week one of them managed to get a photo of earth from 23 miles up using a helium balloon, some string, a polystyrene box and a Currys digital camera, that's 6 miles higher than the Americans U2 spy plane. NASA were gobsmacked, and he did it for 500 quid !!

I thought it was an April fool because of the

Amazing!

The difference in cost is not unlike that between Deathray's proposed £630K 'confidence trick' and what they could be told for the price of an email

[stockslave]

Fantastic photo's, which just goes to prove you don't necessarily have to spend the earth.

[4wd]

The set is dated 2008 so been up a while, however according to the thread I fished it from on a weather forum, they were 'private' images until a few weeks ago.
I wondered if there was an issue with not having got official clearance to launch the thing (air traffic control?)

The remarkable thing is how soon you can see the earth's curve, and how thin a layer the atmosphere looks.

[genuinerisk]

Was listening to this guy on R4 last Satruday morning - really interesting bloke!