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Ordinary Guys Send Picture-Taking Balloon 22.27 Miles High

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), the balloon's small payload box 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. More »

2:00 PM on Fri Aug 24 2007
By Charlie White
96,686 views, 28 comments

Latest by ve6srv: Just a few replies to some of the more reasoned comments and queries from the guy in the green shirt in the photos. Parachute recovery is the easiest way to get things back down. We are contemplating an autonomous return vehicle. more »