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Students send Camera to the Edge of Space for less than $2000 via Balloon

Posted By Brad On September 21, 2006 @ 4:40 pm In BESComputers.net | No Comments

Carl Morland, Henry Hallam and Robert Fryers attached the tiny camera to a helium balloon, which flew to nearly four times the height of Everest. Throughout the flight it took images which show the curvature of the earth. The flight lasted about three hours, producing more than 800 images

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