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! ;D
http://www.flickr.com/photos/arena5/sets/72157606119049987/detail/
Nice shots. Could have been bigger. ;D
There is a sizes/button and they zoom to (2048 x 1371)
Oh yeah!!! :D
I didn't see that.
good idea and some nice shots
Many thanks for posting this... that was incredible! :o
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.
I did this with those model rockets..till I set the field on fire, still it did allow nitrogen back into the soil...
Quote from: Will on August 26, 2008, 07:49:01 PM
I did this with those model rockets..till I set the field on fire, still it did allow nitrogen back into the soil...
Sweet! 8)