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Low Budget Air Space Photography

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-you-can dept.

An anonymous reader writes "With a budget of just 350 pounds, two British PhDs in engineering sent a balloon with cameras attached to a height of over 30 km." The photos and video are pretty amazing. Especially the very hi-tech styrofoam box.

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  1. Not bad, but not new by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Neat video. Of course, amateur groups have been doing this for decades, so it's not really news:

    http://www.eoss.org/