‘Space pictures’ on a budget
Amateur photographer using $75 camera and balloon catches Nasa’s interest.
Published On 26 Mar 2010
The worlds’ most powerful nations have spent billions of dollars getting into space.
But a man in northern England has done the same thing – for just a few hundred dollars.
The amateur photographer has captured breathtaking pictures of the earth from high in the atmosphere using a $75 camera attached to a weather balloon.
Andrew Potter reports.
Source: Al Jazeera