Stunning photos of Earth and space with a camera for £ 56

    A team of students from Spain with a £ 56 camera and a £ 43 latex balloon was able to take stunning photos of Earth and space 20 miles above the Earth.


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    The Meteotek team (Gerard Marull Paretas, Sergi Saballs Vila, Marta Gasull Morcillo and Jaume Puigmiquel Casamort) from the IES La Bisbal school, located in Catalonia, completed their incredible experiment at the end of February this year. Guys 18-19 years old, and they developed the project under the guidance of a teacher (Jordi Fanals Oriol).

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    They independently constructed an electronic sensor, mounted it and the camera on a balloon, and sent it, one might say, to the edge of the Earth.

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    Team Leader Gerard (18 years old) says: “We were shocked by our results, especially photographs, sending an improvised machine to the ends of the world is incredible!”
    “The balloon we chose was pumped with helium to just over two meters in diameter and weighed 1,500 grams,” Gerard said. “He was able to carry an equipment sensor and a Nikon digital camera, which weigh a total of 1.5 kg.” The

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    readings were read and recorded using an ultra-sensitive Google Earth sensor and an on-board radio. The ball rose at a speed of 270 meters per minute.

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    “After we launched the ball at 9:10 in the morning, the critical point was at an altitude of 10,000 m. We did not know whether the balloon would overcome this altitude, since it was at this altitude that airliners make commercial flights. ”

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    At an altitude of about 30 km (100,000 ft), the ball began to deflate and fall.

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    Finding a sensor was not so difficult - it still emitted a signal, despite the fact that it had been in more than extreme conditions.

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    The path traveled by a flying-photographing device:

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    This event once again shows that enthusiasm, brains and hands growing from the right place can really work wonders.

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