Atmospheric photos from Project Icarus

[Thomas Moos]

<p><img src="http://www.gizmag.com/pictures/hero/icarus.jpg" alt="The Earth as seen from probably the cheapest balloon photography setup ever"></p>Attaching a camera to a helium-filled balloon, a group of students from MIT recently managed to get some pretty decent photographs of our beautiful planet from an estimated 93000 feet up. Nothing remarkable there you might say - high altitude balloon photography has been around a long, long time - until you consider the cost of the experiment: about USD&#36;150...
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