High schoolers capture Earth from balloon in stratosphere | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
The sun shines above the Earth. The photo was taken by a camera at the bottom of the balloon. (Provided by Asahigaoka Senior High School’s astronomy club)
NAGOYA—A balloon launched by high school students soared into the stratosphere and captured our blue, round planet on cameras from an altitude of about 28 kilometers.
Members of the astronomy club of Asahigaoka Senior High School here flew the high-altitude balloon, named Kokou No. 1, on Oct. 13.
“We were extremely excited,” Masahiro Yamada, 17, the club’s leader, said about the retrieval of the cameras, sensors and other equipment the balloon had carried.
The goal was to take photographs and video footage from the stratosphere and collect data, such as temperature, atmospheric pressure and radiation levels.
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