bear.sbszoo.com — They?re Back! Captured on August 24th with a canon Vixia HF20 HD camera suspended from a 1500g Hydrogen balloon and launched near Edmonton Alberta. This is the first known amateur video taken from this high (107,145 feet)and was covered on ?Daily Planet? on the Discovery Channel tonight.
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sounddocSep 18, 2009Submitter
After one of our previous Balloons hit digg:<a class="user" href="http://digg.com/space/Ordinary_Guys_Send_Picture_Taking_Balloon_22_27_Miles_High" rel="nofollow">http://digg.com/space/Ordinary_Guys_Send_Picture_T ...</a>We decided to do it a bit bigger and better!Discovery Channel caught wind of it this time and sent a film crew. It was featured tonight on Daily Planet!
pdaoust007Sep 24, 2009
Amazing that the camera survived the fall... Good stuff this is awesome!
glowingtreeSep 24, 2009
The new canon Vixia HF20 HD camera! Tested in space. Buy now!
sonic11Sep 24, 2009
this could be a cool alternative to electric chair for wealthier prisoners.
kevroSep 25, 2009
This would be great with a virtual reality helmet.