(Via Daddy in a Strange Land and Gizmodo) : Four teenagers in Spain have gone where no Spanish-teenagers-with-a-camera-operated-weather-balloon have gone before — they’ve taken astonishing photos from 20 miles above the Earth’s surface.
The Meteotek team from IES La Bisbal school in Catalonia built electronic components from scratch, harnessed them to a heavy-duty latex balloon, and were able to capture beautiful images from the edge of space.
Said team lead Gerard Marull, 18: “We were overwhelmed at our results, especially the photographs to send our handmade craft to the edge of space is incredible.”
You can see the photographs of their process, as well as their stunning results, here. Well done, boys!
And NASA? You might want to keep an eye on these young men.