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HD Video From the Edge of Space, On the Cheap

Posted by timothy on from the commendably-few-casualties dept.

SoundDoc75 links to a page describing the motivations and problem-solving behind "a 10-minute HD video taken on August 24th with a Canon Vixia HF20 HD camera suspended from a 1500g hydrogen balloon and launched near Edmonton, Alberta. This is the first known amateur video taken from this height — 107,145 feet."

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  1. Before the days of HD ... by Skapare · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ... and memory cards, ham radio operators did this one in 1989, which was just standard definition, but it went further (from Illinois to nearly Indianapolis) and higher. It just transmitted the signal back via the UHF transmitter on board.

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    now we need to go OSS in diesel cars