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A DSLR camera lens "fell out of the sky" and crashed through a home in Petaluma, California. Authorities are still trying to figure out if fell from an airplane, a helicopter, or from a sky-diver. Let's just hope is was not a high altitude balloon. Full-sized DSLRs (with a good-sized 2lb lens) are certainly not the norm for our work, but is not out of the realm of possibility.   See the story here. …See More

The following video captures the burst of a high altitude balloon at an altitude of 93,000 feet. Video by Michael Sibbernsen using a GoPro HeroHD Camera. Launch was for a Young Nebraska Scientists Summer Camp on July 21 2011. For the full effect, be…

Below are links to a couple of cute articles about a National Geographic project where they recreated the "balloon house" from the animated movie UP!Yes, those are (300) colorful weather balloons, not party balloons.  …See More

Below are links to a couple of cute articles about a National Geographic project where they recreated the "balloon house" from the animated movie UP!Yes, those are (300) colorful weather balloons, not party balloons.  …See More