Weather Balloon Space Snaps Stun NASA
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 12:57 pm
NASA was stunned by space photos snapped with an ordinary camera mounted on an ordinary balloon on.
Robert Harrison, an IT director from Highburton, West Yorkshire, has an unusual hobby: Using duct tape, weather balloons, and a used camera from e-Bay, he builds high-altitude balloons that snap space photos so gorgeous, they’ve caught NASA’s eye.
The method and materials behind Harrison’s feat are stunningly simple: The contraption comprises an ordinary Canon camera mounted on a weather balloon.
Using free software downloaded from the internet, Harrison reprogrammed the camera to wake up every five minutes and take eight photographs and a video before switching off for a rest.
NASA took interest in Harrison after he posted photos from his experiments online.
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