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S_p_i_d_e_r
09-24-2008, 04:36 PM
http://www.imaginginfo.com/images/article/1220383414916_2659744049_fd87d8598c.jpg

The view of Oklahoma from 104,000 ft (20 miles straight up). Photo taken with a Pentax k10d DSLR attached to a sounding balloon launched by Oklahoma State University. The camera was exposed to near-vacuum pressure, and temperatures below -60F.

http://www.imaginginfo.com/images/article/1220629172843_2661888836_343efc9cf3_m.jpg

Pentax packed in box before its first space mission.


More on that:
http://www.imaginginfo.com/web/online/Online-Exclusives/Science-Experiment--Camera-Not-Lost-in-Space/49$4139

SpecialK
09-24-2008, 05:15 PM
Thanks for the link.