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Old 03-25-2010, 06:03 PM   #1
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Mar 26, 2010: Journey Into Space

>>> with a balloon and duct tape

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it all sounds very Heath Robinson but a digital camera, a GPS device, some duct tape and a balloon were all that was needed to take some breathtaking pictures of Earth that had Nasa calling.



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Robert Harrison, 38, used a collection of cheap parts costing £500 to create a balloon-mounted camera that can travel up to 21.7 miles (35km) above the surface of the Earth. The result is a series of pictures taken from a height that only a rocket or weather balloon can reach. Mr Harrison, an IT director from Highburton, West Yorkshire, has launched 12 high-altitude balloons (HABs) since 2008.
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Old 03-25-2010, 06:46 PM   #2
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Very awesome! I am reading it right now.
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Old 03-25-2010, 09:50 PM   #3
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It's not hard to do, the hardest part is getting your shit back.
Of course it's also pot luck with the pictures, because he doesn't have the ability to take pictures of anything he wants, but what he got was very pretty.
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Old 03-26-2010, 03:04 AM   #4
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I wonder how many people will rush out and buy cameras/balloons?

next time i see a balloon I am going to follow it and hopefully get me a free digital camera
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Old 03-26-2010, 04:53 AM   #5
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They say it's a camera/balloon - but we KNOW it's a UFO.
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Old 03-26-2010, 06:24 AM   #6
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I wasn't shocked at all when NASA said it would have cost them millions to take the shots.

Imagine that.
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Old 03-26-2010, 09:03 AM   #7
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If he wanted a picture of his house from space, he could have saved the money and just gone to googleearth.
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Old 03-26-2010, 09:53 AM   #8
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I think it would have greater mass appeal if it was corporate funded and flew/floated under the flag of bringing awareness to air pollution or some equally green agenda. You know, Plastiki style

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WTF? It's Friday? How are we supposed to eat an entire earth? Never mind the recipes, where would we find a big enough pot? Some IOTD posters are just so darn thoughtless.
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Old 03-26-2010, 11:20 AM   #10
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The ballon was made by Toyota. It was only supposed to go a hundred feet up. It. Just. Wouldn't. Stop.
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Old 03-26-2010, 11:26 AM   #11
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WTF? It's Friday? How are we supposed to eat an entire earth? Never mind the recipes, where would we find enough pot? Some IOTD posters are just so darn thoughtless.
Fixed it.
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Old 03-26-2010, 12:46 PM   #12
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WTF? It's Friday? How are we supposed to eat an entire earth? Never mind the recipes, where would we find a big enough pot? Some IOTD posters are just so darn thoughtless.
I posted this on Thursday somehow it was moderated to Friday, here is something that will make you a nice soup
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Old 03-26-2010, 01:54 PM   #13
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I posted this on Thursday somehow it was moderated to Friday, here is something that will make you a nice soup
IOtD, Image OF the Day. Each image in IOtD has a date, Mar 25, 2010 was taken, so the next available day was Mar 26, 2010, which is Friday.
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Old 03-26-2010, 03:41 PM   #14
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Old 03-26-2010, 08:36 PM   #15
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I didn't say you were, I was explaining why, "somehow it was moderated to Friday".
IOtD is the one thread with a format, except the ones where LJ tries to herd cats.
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