[vimeo]12488149[/vimeo] 2 years ago British man Robert Harrison launched a balloon to the edge of space with a Canon Powershot compact camera attached in a box below. The camera was programmed with hacked firmware to take stills and video, and a GPS unit would record the box’s location when it fell to earth on a parachute.
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A quick glance above and you’d think the photo was shot by NASA using a rocket, costing millions. Or maybe shot by an astronaut clutching a Nikon D3X orbiting earth from a space shuttle! In fact, the snap above is from a Canon Powershot A560 in a polystyrene box attached to a balloon.