Saturday, June 26, 2010

This Picture Was Taken 24 Miles In the Air With A Crappy Camera Attached To A Balloon [Photography]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5573131/this-picture-was-taken-24-miles-in-the-air-with-a-crappy-camera-attached-to-a-balloon

This Picture Was Taken 24 Miles In the Air With A Crappy Camera Attached To A BalloonWhat do you get when you combine a styrofoam box, duct tape, orange paint, a weather balloon, and 2 old Canon cameras? Apparently, images that look like they're from NASA.

The Pacific Star II Project was conceived by Colin Rich. He set up 2 cameras, insulated them in a styrofoam box and attached the box to a weather balloon. The cameras were programmed to take 3 pictures every 3 minutes and then shoot a minute of video and this video is what came out of it.

Some people say the best camera is the one that's with you, I guess we should also include the camera that's 125,000 feet up in the air, as well.

Video by Colin Rich