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History Balloon Photos

April 17, 2010 / Pat Brown / Aerial Photography, LASP, Stories, Technology

I would have to say that recovering the balloon package is my favorite part of launching high altitude balloons. The whole process reminds me a bit of playing neighborhood baseball as a child. Inevitably, the ball would get hit into another neighbors yard or get caught in a tree or someplace inaccessible, and then a […]

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balloon, gps, photos, SPOT, stories

A Historic High Altitude Balloon

April 16, 2010 / Pat Brown / Aerial Photography, LASP, Stories, Technology

This morning will mark the third flight of the camera/SPOT balloon package to the edge of space in 2010. The flight is another education and public outreach (EPO) opportunity that is taking place in conjunction with the Boulder History Museum. They are working with a local middle school to film and produce a short documentary […]

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balloon, mapping, SPOT, stories

Tethered Balloon Flight

April 16, 2010 / Pat Brown / Aerial Photography, Stories, Technology

My interest in flying a tethered balloon with a camera system started back in July of 2006. Since then, I designed and built a sophisticated camera system, purchased a  7 foot diameter helium balloon, and have talked about flying it over Boulder to take aerial photographs. Almost 4 years have passed with enough yak shaving […]

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balloon, digital, photography, stories

Lucky Balloon!

March 25, 2010 / Pat Brown / Aerial Photography, LASP, Stories, Technology

If you read the pre-flight article, you’d remember that I ended by saying, “Let’s hope for the Luck o’ the Irish for the ole’ balloon!” As it turned out, this balloon flight definitely needed the luck of the Irish. After a perfect launch into a blue-bird Colorado sky, we casually began to follow the SPOT […]

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balloon, digital, gps, mapping, photos, SPOT, stories
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