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Find DARPA's Balloons, Win $40K
coondoggie writes "The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency today offered up a rather interesting challenge: find and plot 10 red weather balloons scattered at undisclosed locations across the country. The first person to identify the location of all the balloons and enter them on the challenge Web site will win a $40,000 cash prize. According to the agency, the balloons will be in readily accessible locations, visible from nearby roadways and accompanied by DARPA representatives. All balloons are scheduled to go on display at all locations at 10:00AM (ET) until approximately 4:00 PM on Saturday, December 5, 2009."
Well we don't have any satellite imagery, but we have set up a collaborative website to find all of the balloons. If you are interested in helping out and sharing in the bounty check out http://balloonfinder.superfunhappy.com/
If you are actually interested in the money, submit your found balloon to Red40k.com to get $3000 for a single balloon if we win.
It's easier to remember Red40k.com
-John Fenley