First flight of the StratoSpera amateur stratospheric balloon project Options

[Paolo Amoroso]

On September 4, 2010, with a group of friends we successfully completed the first flight to 27.6 km above central Italy of the StratoSpera amateur stratospheric balloon project. An unexpected event that threatened to turn the flight into a failure gave us this eerie photo, which shows the burst balloon that got tangled to the parachute lines during descent. It looks like an alien creature, a fictitious space jellyfish.

Here are some images and information:

* short report in English
* StratoSpera site
* photos and videos, including anaglyphs (be sure to click "Articoli precedenti" at the bottom to view more posts)

Until 2007 we didn't know such a thing was possible. Then we read about the SABLE-3 amateur high altitude balloon project, which was a source of inspiration together with later projects such as the ones by UMSF members.

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[djellison]

You appear to have been attacked by a giant edge of space squid. ARHGHGHGH runaway

Extra special kudos for this : http://www.francescobonomi.it/minihab/stra...eplanet_big.jpg - very VERY good indeed!!

What camera did you fly, what orientation did you have it in and how did you trigger it?