August 24, 2007
Posted in Cosmos News
Close to Space: Not As Hard As You Might Think
Close to Space: Not As Hard As You Might Think
Ordinary Guys Send Picture-Taking Balloon 22.27 Miles High, Gizmodo
“Behold the view from 117,597 feet, taken on August 11, 2007 by a camera hanging from a helium balloon launched by a group of guys in Alberta, Canada. Called the SABLE-3 (Southern Alberta Balloon Launch Experiment #3), it was packed with a Byonics MicroTrak 300 APRS tracking device, a Nikon Coolpix P2 digital camera set to snap one picture per minute, and filled with enough helium to take it to the edge of the earth’s atmosphere.”