Sergi Salballs Vila
ddobbs | March 17, 2009
The stratosphere, as photographed by a group of four Spanish schoolboys, or their balloon, anyway.
Well, okay, maybe it's citizen space photography instead of citizen science. But still. Gotta love this. From the Telegraph:
Proving that you don't need Google's billions or the BBC weather centre's resources, the four Spanish students managed to send a camera-operated weather balloon into the stratosphere.
Taking atmospheric readings and photographs 20 miles above the ground, the Meteotek team of IES La Bisbal school in Catalonia completed their incredible experiment at the end of February…