Today marks the 2011 Winter Solstice which means the days are getting longer in the U.S., but in my case, the days are about to get much longer. Rather than a paltry 10 hours of daylight per day, starting today I am embarking on a journey that will be providing continuous, 24 hour-per-day sunlight! If […]
Antarctica, digital, New Zealand, outdoors, SPOTTomorrow, I take off for a 10 day whitewater kayaking adventure through Costa Rica! The warm weather will be a welcome break from the cold winter that has begun to descend on Colorado, and it will feel great to get back in my kayak every day after a dry spell with almost no boating. Rain […]
gps, kayak, photos, SPOT, storiesThis Thursday morning, I will begin 5 days of whitewater kayaking with several friends down the Arkansas River in Colorado starting on the Granite section and ending in Canon City almost 100 miles later. The trip was dreamt up by Scott Winkleman as a perfect way to see all of the whitewater sections of the […]
mapping, outdoors, SPOTOn Saturday, June 19, I will embark with my friends on a 4 day whitewater trip down the Green River through the Gates of Lodore in Dinosaur National Monument! This is a wonderful trip through desert country in northwest Colorado that is sure to be a good time! As I’ve done in the past, I […]
mapping, outdoors, SPOTI 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 […]
balloon, gps, photos, SPOT, storiesThis 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 […]
balloon, mapping, SPOT, storiesIf 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 […]
balloon, digital, gps, mapping, photos, SPOT, storiesThat’s right, the balloon team is back at it again! This time, we are launching a balloon as part of an Education and Public Outreach (EPO) effort at LASP in conjunction with Arvada High School. The expected launch time is 9:30am MDT. The payload has a few extra goodies this time based on the open-source […]
gps, SPOT, storiesThe expanded analysis of the January 5 balloon flight to the edge of space is finally available! If you aren’t a geek, you will be probably be satisfied with the YouTube documentary and photo albums that are presented below. But if you have been asking questions like, “How high did it go?”, or “How come […]
digital, gps, mapping, SPOT, stories, videoUPDATE! 9:36am- Up, up, and away! Tomorrow morning at approximately 8am MST, a weather balloon with my modified Canon SD800is, my SPOT GPS transmitter, and my Garmin Vista Cx will voyage to the edge of space! The idea belonged to my colleagues Sam and Lars, and was soon added to my list of resolutions. After […]
digital, gps, photography, SPOT, stories