Mimicking a similar MIT experiment, a team of Murphy High students clicked some amazing pictures of the atmosphere’s edge with a digital camera tied to a weather balloon. The NASA-worthy images were taken from a height of 79,000 feet. The experiment now makes the bunch more conversant with various conditions present at different layers of the atmosphere.
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The boulder-sized weather balloon took the camera to about 93,000 feet before it came back in one piece.
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The balloon was equipped with a cooler so that it could withstand extreme temperature fluctuations. Just to make sure that the GPS and camera remain intact through their journey into the space, both gadgets were placed in green plastic foam and were supported by packing peanuts and empty water bottles. The camera took photos every 30 seconds. Students tracked the path of the balloon via the Internet, using a GPS device of course.
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Via: Citizen-Times
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