THE ORBITAL PERSPECTIVE

摘要

In January 2013, a Connecticut middle school science teacher, Geoff Bergen, and film director Rhett Youngberg, who together run the podcast site Almost Rocket Science, launched a balloon 20 miles above the Earth to capture stunning panoramic views. Their project, known as Earth 360, raised funds for the equipment and launch from online crowd-sourcing site Kickstarter. They arranged tiny cameras in a circle and attached them, along with a GPS, to the tail of a white balloon, and sent it more than 100,000 feet into what is known as "near space." This is an area, says Youngberg, that is "above 99% of the atmosphere. You're going to get a pretty amazing view," he adds.