Topic: Teens capture images of space with £56 camera and balloon

[Simon]

Teenagers armed with only a £56 camera and latex balloon have managed to take stunning pictures of space from 20-miles above Earth.

Proving that you don't need Google's billions or the BBC weather centre's resources, the four Spanish students managed to send a camera-operated weather balloon into the stratosphere.



Full story - Telegraph

[Clive]

Bloody hell!   

[Rik]

I've got a balloon, Clive... (The picture says a lot for Nikon cameras!)

[Simon]

And if it's only a £56 Nikon, it says even more about the higher spec ones. 

[Rik]

Exactly. I wear Nikon specs, and they are the best lenses I've ever had. I recently picked up a pair of Nikon bonos and they beat everything else hands down. I just need to start taking pictures again and I'll justify a Nikon DSLR.

[Simon]

I recently picked up a pair of Nikon bonos...

Dog biscuits?  Or did you steal them from the bloke from U2?   

[Rik]

That didn't take long.

[Simon]