Student captures incredible view 20 miles above Earth with £30 camera
Baku, September 12 (AZERTAC). Student captures incredible view 20 miles above Earth with £30 camera
19-year-old student Adam Cudworth managed to capture these incredible views of the earth from space using little more than a balloon and his second-hand camera.
And while NASA spends hundreds of millions of pounds each year on high tech satellites Adam, whose scientific background consists of only a Physics A-Level, achieved his incredible feat - on a £200 budget.
The student, who keeps his growing band of followers updated via his Twitter feed, spent 40 hours working on a home-made device consisting of a box containing a GPS, radio and microprocessor - which soared to an incredible height of 110,210 ft (33,592m) when he released it last Thursday. The miniature video camera he used was purchased from eBay for a mere £30.
After taking two-and-a-half hours to float over 20 miles up into the earth's stratosphere, his contraption captured out-of-this-world images giving breathtaking views of our planet from space.
Following the launch, Mr Cudworth tracked the balloon as it climbed to three times the height of a commercial plane before it burst and landed in Broadway, Worcs., 30 miles from his home.
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