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Nirvana 03-25-2010 06:03 PM
Mar 26, 2010: Journey Into Space
 
>>> with a balloon and duct tape

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it all sounds very Heath Robinson but a digital camera, a GPS device, some duct tape and a balloon were all that was needed to take some breathtaking pictures of Earth that had Nasa calling.

http://cellar.org/2010/Helium.jpg

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Robert Harrison, 38, used a collection of cheap parts costing £500 to create a balloon-mounted camera that can travel up to 21.7 miles (35km) above the surface of the Earth. The result is a series of pictures taken from a height that only a rocket or weather balloon can reach. Mr Harrison, an IT director from Highburton, West Yorkshire, has launched 12 high-altitude balloons (HABs) since 2008.
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skysidhe 03-25-2010 06:46 PM
Very awesome! I am reading it right now.

xoxoxoBruce 03-25-2010 09:50 PM
It's not hard to do, the hardest part is getting your shit back. :haha:
Of course it's also pot luck with the pictures, because he doesn't have the ability to take pictures of anything he wants, but what he got was very pretty.

stevecrm 03-26-2010 03:04 AM
I wonder how many people will rush out and buy cameras/balloons?

next time i see a balloon I am going to follow it and hopefully get me a free digital camera :p:

Trilby 03-26-2010 04:53 AM
They say it's a camera/balloon - but we KNOW it's a UFO.

capnhowdy 03-26-2010 06:24 AM
I wasn't shocked at all when NASA said it would have cost them millions to take the shots.

Imagine that.

Sheldonrs 03-26-2010 09:03 AM
If he wanted a picture of his house from space, he could have saved the money and just gone to googleearth. :D

rditlkustoleit 03-26-2010 09:53 AM
I think it would have greater mass appeal if it was corporate funded and flew/floated under the flag of bringing awareness to air pollution or some equally green agenda. You know, Plastiki style:rolleyes:

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monster 03-26-2010 10:34 AM
WTF? It's Friday? How are we supposed to eat an entire earth? Never mind the recipes, where would we find a big enough pot? Some IOTD posters are just so darn thoughtless.

Gravdigr 03-26-2010 11:20 AM
The ballon was made by Toyota. It was only supposed to go a hundred feet up. It. Just. Wouldn't. Stop.:D

Gravdigr 03-26-2010 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by monster (Post 643259)
WTF? It's Friday? How are we supposed to eat an entire earth? Never mind the recipes, where would we find enough pot? Some IOTD posters are just so darn thoughtless.
Fixed it.

Nirvana 03-26-2010 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by monster (Post 643259)
WTF? It's Friday? How are we supposed to eat an entire earth? Never mind the recipes, where would we find a big enough pot? Some IOTD posters are just so darn thoughtless.
I posted this on Thursday somehow it was moderated to Friday, here is something that will make you a nice soup ;)

xoxoxoBruce 03-26-2010 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Nirvana (Post 643315)
I posted this on Thursday somehow it was moderated to Friday, here is something that will make you a nice soup ;)
IOtD, Image OF the Day. Each image in IOtD has a date, Mar 25, 2010 was taken, so the next available day was Mar 26, 2010, which is Friday.

Nirvana 03-26-2010 03:41 PM
I wasn't the one bitchin ;)

xoxoxoBruce 03-26-2010 08:36 PM
I didn't say you were, I was explaining why, "somehow it was moderated to Friday".
IOtD is the one thread with a format, except the ones where LJ tries to herd cats. :haha:


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