The Aurora Borealis as seen from 122,600′ (~37km) under a weather balloon
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The Aurora Borealis as seen from 122,600′ (~37km) under a weather balloon
hmcsantos 314 Views 7 Votes 5 Comments
Stumbled on an Airplane Crash while out Hiking in the Colorado alpine over 12,000’… Must have been fairly recent.
Back in September I went to Alaska with a team in an attempt to become the first people ever to get cinema-quality footage of the Northern Lights from the stratosphere. We used a Sony a7Siii attached to a weather balloon, and ended up over 122,600′ (~37km).
I’m super proud of this one, I spent over a year planning the design and stabilization systems, and it’s been non-stop for the last few months editing all the footage. We made a short doc about our journey to capture this shot (plus lots more footage) for those who are interested: [https://youtu.be/QH8u8Vf1uI4](https://youtu.be/QH8u8Vf1uI4)
Full camera settings:
– Sony a7S III
– Sony 20mm f/1.8 G
– Filmed at 4k/24p, 1/25sec shutter speed, f/1.8, ISO 102,400
– Payload contained two GPS trackers, a Garmin InReach Mini transmitting on the Iridium Network and a Featherweight GPS transmitting via radio frequency (for redundancy without overlap)
– Flight took 2 hours to ascend and a little over an hour to come back down (descent velocity is not linear under parachute due to atmospheric density at altitude)
– Landing was approx. 50miles away.
[https://youtu.be/QH8u8Vf1uI4](https://youtu.be/QH8u8Vf1uI4)
At this time of year?
Beautiful
At this time of year? In this part of the country? Localized entirely within your kitchen?
This just got an audible “wow” from me. Very beautiful