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This weekend I was fortunate enough to be part of a high altitude balloon launch on behalf of the Mars Society of Australia. I designed a camera to take regular images along the way. This is one of the 8000 images from the trip. The balloon was launched a few hours from Canberra and is believed to of reached 29km.

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Old 06-03-2019, 09:03 PM
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That is very cool. Do you have any more?
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That's cool!

I often wonder how far you have to drive and how hard it is to recover the baloon and equipment.

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Doesnt look very flat to mee lol. Great image

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Looks great Trent. Is there a link for that project?
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Old 07-03-2019, 08:12 AM
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Beautiful view of Mother Earth
Imagine what Felix Baumgartner felt standing on the porch of his capsule another 10km higher up and about to jump off into the unknown
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Thanks guys,
This image was a long time coming, it was a battle between weather and logistics, I haven’t set up a blog/site at this stage. This camera payload was a “bonus” but may provide us enough data for a peer review paper. I have a dedicated science package going up within the next couple of months (another paper) this might have a page allocated to it; but this amongst other projects prevent me from broadcasting too much. But here is an older link

http://www.marssociety.org/mars-soci...ad-for-flight/

https://marssociety.org.au/article/msa-flies-edge-space

I have a lot more images, but little time to apply the enhancements. I have made a timelapse from launch to landing, but unless you want to feel like an orpan sock in a slin cycle; it’s otherwise unpleasant viewing.

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That’s one for the flat earthers.Great pic.
Cheers Derek
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Excellent image Trent! One day I may do similar with a high altitude balloon.

Do you know Steven Hobbs? We used to hang out a lot as young fellas some 25 years ago.
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Hi Kevin,
Steve Hobbs is my partner in crime in all this. Have a look at the links if you haven’t already.

Cheers,

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