Pentax photos from 104,000 feet up!

[matrix2003]

   These guys from Oklahoma State University launched a Pentax k10d DSLR on a weather balloon.
Pics are from ground level up to 104,000 ft (20 miles straight up). The camera was exposed to near-vacuum pressure,
and temperatures below -60F!  Sounds like fun! 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/arena5/sets/72157606119049987/detail/

[rcallicotte]

Nice shots.  Could have been bigger.   

[matrix2003]

There is a sizes/button and they zoom to (2048 x 1371)      

[rcallicotte]

Oh yeah!!!   

I didn't see that.

[Seth]

good idea and some nice shots

[moodflow]

Many thanks for posting this... that was incredible! 

It conjures up something I did as a kid where I stacked kite lines and flew a kite a mile high (well to a kid it was a mile high).  Technically, it was probably 500-1000 feet or so...and the pull of the wind and the weight of the line caused it to eventually snap and fly away.

[Will]

I did this with those model rockets..till I set the field on fire, still it did allow nitrogen back into the soil...

[moodflow]

I did this with those model rockets..till I set the field on fire, still it did allow nitrogen back into the soil...

Sweet!