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PS3-Playb3yond · 10-09-2010, 09:49 PM

Found this at Yahoo! and thought it was really cool!

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In August 2010, we set out to send a camera to space. The mission was to attach a HD video camera to a weather balloon and send it up into the upper stratosphere to film the blackness beyond our earth. Eventually, the balloon will grow from lack of atmospheric pressure, burst, and begin to fall.

It would have to survive 100 mph winds, temperatures of 60 degrees below zero, speeds of over 150 mph, and the high risk of a water landing. To retrieve the craft, it would need to deploy a parachute, descend through the clouds and transmit a GPS coordinate to a cell phone tower. Then we have to find it.

Needless to say, there are a lot of variables to overcome.

cajmoyper · 10-09-2010, 09:54 PM

That's way cool dude. Now I'm going to go try that.

jw · 10-09-2010, 10:06 PM

That was cool, too bad it couldnt go higher

rkolinski · 10-09-2010, 10:31 PM

That was so cool; thanks for posting this!

PS3-Playb3yond · 10-10-2010, 12:21 AM

You're welcome guys!

pentatonic · 10-10-2010, 12:34 AM

Now that's a story that makes Father-son relationships way cool. Thanks for sharing, that was outta this world lol

crxvtec · 10-10-2010, 12:59 AM

I saw it yesterday and I thought that was really neat. Made me want to spend even more time with my sons. They should do it again.

THE_FORCE · 10-10-2010, 07:38 AM

Ok that was bloody amazing.

I would LOVE to try something like that.

jbig31 · 10-10-2010, 06:41 PM

Absolutely impressive.

PS3-Playb3yond · 11-17-2010, 08:37 PM

More people should check this out.

LeAnn · 11-17-2010, 08:47 PM

That was so neat!!!!!

THE_FORCE · 11-17-2010, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by PS3-Playb3yond

More people should check this out.

Word up. One of the most fascinating and inspiring pieces of film I've ever seen. Cheers for sharing it matey !

PS3-Playb3yond · 12-06-2010, 03:43 AM

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Originally Posted by LeAnn

That was so neat!!!!!

I agree.

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Originally Posted by THE_FORCE

Word up. One of the most fascinating and inspiring pieces of film I've ever seen. Cheers for sharing it matey !

Cheers!

PS3-Playb3yond · 08-31-2011, 08:32 PM

Kind of an old thread but still worth checking out.

Steve · 08-31-2011, 09:09 PM

I'd never seen that before. Very cool. Thanks for posting it.

FromTheInside · 09-02-2011, 02:21 AM

just finished watching, truly amazing.

DVDFreaker · 09-02-2011, 07:43 AM

I bet if he did that for his science project, he would have won 1st place!

Eye Candy · 12-28-2014, 03:33 AM

And then, there's the view from the ISS:

Published on Dec 22, 2014

Watch Earth roll by through the perspective of ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst in this six-minute timelapse video from space. Combining 12 500 images taken by Alexander during his six-month Blue Dot mission on the International Space Station this Ultra High Definition video shows the best our beautiful planet has to offer.

Marvel at the auroras, sunrises, clouds, stars, oceans, the Milky Way, the International Space Station, lightning, cities at night, spacecraft and the thin band of atmosphere that protects us from space.

Often while conducting scientific experiments or docking spacecraft Alexander would set cameras to automatically take pictures at regular intervals. Combining these images gives the timelapse effect seen in this video.

Watch the video in 4K resolution for the best effect and find out more about Alexander Gerst’s Blue Dot mission here: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Hu...light/Blue_dot

10-09-2010, 09:54 PM	#2
cajmoyper Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jun 2007 Location:San Antonio, TX Home Theater Gallery:8 Blu-ray collection:182	That's way cool dude. Now I'm going to go try that.

10-09-2010, 10:06 PM	#3
jw Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Apr 2007 Location:USA Trading Score:519	That was cool, too bad it couldnt go higher

10-09-2010, 10:31 PM	#4
rkolinski Blu-ray Baron Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:May 2008 Home Theater Gallery:184 4K collection:76 Blu-ray collection:3078 Blu-ray reviews: 17	That was so cool; thanks for posting this!

10-10-2010, 12:21 AM	#5
PS3-Playb3yond Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Cincinnati, OH Blu-ray collection:19 Blu-ray reviews:5 Trading Score:13	You're welcome guys!

10-10-2010, 12:34 AM	#6
pentatonic Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Montreal, Canada Blu-ray collection:570 DVD collection:1 Blu-ray reviews: 6 Trading Score:158	Now that's a story that makes Father-son relationships way cool. Thanks for sharing, that was outta this world lol

10-10-2010, 12:59 AM	#7
crxvtec Senior Member Member since:Jan 2008 Location:PHX, AZ Blu-ray reviews:2	I saw it yesterday and I thought that was really neat. Made me want to spend even more time with my sons. They should do it again.

10-10-2010, 07:38 AM	#8
THE_FORCE Power Member Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Jul 2009 Location:ʞ∩ ǝɥ┴ © Home Theater Gallery:60	Ok that was bloody amazing. I would LOVE to try something like that.

10-10-2010, 06:41 PM	#9
jbig31 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Grandville MI 4K collection:168 Blu-ray collection:590 Blu-ray reviews:1	Absolutely impressive.

11-17-2010, 08:37 PM	#10
PS3-Playb3yond Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Cincinnati, OH Blu-ray collection:19 Blu-ray reviews:5 Trading Score:13	More people should check this out.

11-17-2010, 08:47 PM	#11
LeAnn Blu-ray Samurai Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Aug 2009 Home Theater Gallery:48 Blu-ray collection:303 Trading Score:9	That was so neat!!!!!

08-31-2011, 08:32 PM	#14
PS3-Playb3yond Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Cincinnati, OH Blu-ray collection:19 Blu-ray reviews:5 Trading Score:13	Kind of an old thread but still worth checking out.

08-31-2011, 09:09 PM	#15
Steve Blu-ray Knight Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:May 2008 Location:Anna, TX 4K collection:128 Blu-ray collection:416 Trading Score:41	I'd never seen that before. Very cool. Thanks for posting it.

09-02-2011, 02:21 AM	#16
FromTheInside Senior Member Member since:Nov 2009 Location:Arlington, TX Home Theater Gallery:2 4K collection:3 Blu-ray collection:890 DVD collection:419 MA collection:247 Digital collection:347 iTunes collection:157 Trading Score:25	just finished watching, truly amazing.

09-02-2011, 07:43 AM	#17
DVDFreaker Banned Member since:Feb 2007 Blu-ray collection:221	I bet if he did that for his science project, he would have won 1st place!

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