Gorgeous Amateur Footage Of HD Camera's Ascent To Near-Space

[scotth266]

Best idea ever. I love the footage, though now someone's going to have to try and find a way to way the camera less spin-able.

 

[LockHeart]

That was amazing, the shots of the horizon were absolutely beautiful.

 

[econael]

It shouldn't be too hard to stabilize the camera with some gyroscopes and for the fall, a bit of aerodynamic should help (and a shute ofc, it obviously hat a shute on it)

also quite strange decision to waste so much time at the beginning of the video instead of showing more footage

good quality cam btw, I'm sure they don't test for these situations lol

 

[kiyeshi]

Not to be a conspiracy theorist or anything, but...i thought things didn't make noise in space? you can hear when the balloon pops and when the camera is shaking and tumbling.

 

[Anton P. Nym]

Not to be a conspiracy theorist or anything, but...i thought things didn't make noise in space? you can hear when the balloon pops and when the camera is shaking and tumbling.

While the whole thing is shaking and tumbling, the camera is shifting inside the foam and lines are hitting that casing. The sound isn't being conducted through the "air" at 107,000' but rather the insulating foam around the camera. (And the "pop" would've been conducted down the lines attaching the balloon to the payload.)

-- Steve

 

[Pm0n3y]

I can see the headlines now: "Old Lady killed in Copycat Near Space Camera Launch"

Makes you worry about getting hit on the head by one of these things when your outside.

Or if it crash lands into your house...

 

[Blanks]

As awesome as that was, I'm extremely dizzy

 

[Incredible Bullshitting Man]

I got a headache from all that spinning and tumbling, but it was still amazing. It seems quite lonely and quiet up there, high above the clouds. No need to go there myself then.

 

[tsb247]

I just saw a story on the news the other day about a single amateur balloonist who did the same thing. He reprogramed the firmware in his digital camera, put it in a styrofoam cube along with a GPS locator, attached it to a weather balloon, and let it fly. This looks similar, and the footage is breathtaking.

 

[DeathWyrmNexus]

... I read Gorgeous Amateur and my mind wandered. Then I actually looked and yes, it is pretty.

 

[Jumplion]

I salute my Canadian awesome-friends in the north! That was a beautiful shot of the entire world on the edge of insanity.

This definitely made my day, thank you!

 

[tsb247]

The Fall was the most beuatiful part... the shear splendor of a constant 9.8 m/s^2 (assuming there wasnt a parachute... if there was that totally ruins the awesome).... still took a long ass time to fall.

Sadly, there was a parachute, and you can see it at the very end of the video as it falls over the camera shroud. A free fall from 107,000 feet would turn a Canon camera into dust upon impact.

 

[tsb247]

Not to be a conspiracy theorist or anything, but...i thought things didn't make noise in space? you can hear when the balloon pops and when the camera is shaking and tumbling.

Believe it or not, there is still a small amount of atmosphere at 107,000 feet. It is very thin, but it is there. It is understood that the cut-off between space and the armosphere is at 100km. The balloon only ascended to 32km or so. It was hardly in the vaccuum of space.

 

[Woodsey]

Was the camera in a plastic casing or something, because when it's at its peak it keeps giving a reflection.

And did anyone else see that thing with James May? Where they went to the same height pretty much I think in the plane. It was AMAZING - he actually started to cry a little but if I was up there I think I would as well.

It really was just "Wow!".

 

[theSovietConnection]

Wow... I don't really know what to say. That was amazing.

 

[CloudKiller]

I wouldn't be surprised if Canon tried to use this as an advertisement.

Also it really has a caalming effect and makes you realise how small you are.

 

[Earnest Cavalli]

Sadly, there was a parachute, and you can see it at the very end of the video as it falls over the camera shroud. A free fall from 107,000 feet would turn a Canon camera into dust upon impact.

Alternately, that "parachute" is the remains of the balloon that went pop up in the outer atmosphere.

 

[traceur_]

That was pretty sweet. I can't imagine how awesome it would be to sky-dive from that height.

 

[cleverlymadeup]

that's pretty cool

would suck on a larger screen cause the camera isn't that stable