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Near space flight panorama at 32.584km (.tif)

In May 2013 I (Richard Babington) sent up a Canon 550D DSLR in a gyroscopically image stabilised package to photograph the upper atmosphere. Whilst many balloons with cameras have been sent up by amateurs before, I believe this is the first time an amateur photographer has sent up a DSLR in a stabilised package before. This is a stitched photo from the best of the shots from up top.

 

More info on the overall construction of the image stabilised package here

 

www.flickr.com/photos/91049302@N00/sets/72157632733154985/

 

With the actual stabilised camera capsule that took the photo here

 

www.flickr.com/photos/91049302@N00/8685754749/in/set-7215...

 

 

Thanks to Geoff Mather, G8DHE, 360.g8dhe.net/ for constructing the panorama from the Canon 550D images for me.

 

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Uploaded on January 8, 2014
Taken on May 26, 2013