John Gordon used a hobby kit to design a figurer - control camera , then beat it in a protective box and launch it into space ( from Vulcan , Alberta ) with a conditions balloon . The exposure shot by his DiY satellite are breathtaking .
What we have here are just a few of the amazing picture Gordon shot , andposted on his Facebook varlet here . He designed the computing machine controls using an arduino outfit from loose ironware activist Limor Fried ’s companyAdafruit Industries . Gordon got his homemade macrocosm to fly above 99 % of Earth ’s atmosphere , 3 metre higher than a commercial jet , and 1/7 of the means to the International Space Station . Time to get a kit from Adafruit and build your own !
Spaceduino viaAdafruit Blog
Unbelievably gorgeous .
Right after this picture was taken , at well over 100,000 foot above Earth , the weather balloon broke . The camera began to plunge back to Earth .
At this point the tv camera ’s drop is being broken by a parachute .
Back on Earth .
And retreived by its creator !
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