The images you see below were taken with a camera attached to a special helium balloon, designed to fly at high altitudes. The balloon, SABLE-3 (Southern Alberta Balloon Launch Experiment 3), was rigged up with a camera that took a photo every minute, as well as a tracking device.
It took around 2 1/2 hours to reach its maximum altitude, right at the edge of Earth’s atmosphere.
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Here it is on the ground:
and at a lower altitude:
-Official SABLE-3 Website (Includes a lot of pictures)
-via Gizmodo
by Beta
10 Jul 2010 at 13:37
Niche photos