The balloon launch at Owego Free Academy is unlike most other events we shoot at The Camera’s Eye – and I love it!
Middle school students in the Blue Horizons Club collaborate to launch a balloon from the football field. Hosted in collaboration with Lockheed Martin, the project changes each year depending on the students and their goals.
This year, students included a solar panel, which was used to power a buzzer to help them determine the balloon’s exact spot of impact at the end of its journey.
This year, the students installed a GPS and a camera with the goal of tracking the balloon and taking pics of themselves….from 100,000 feet. The ultimate selfie 🙂 Check out some of the images from the balloon itself, courtesy of the Blue Horizons Club!
![FW version: 1600 V1.11 FW name:ContourROAM UPDATE:N UPDATE_FW:N 1RES:P/1 1BR:H 1MIC:30 1SILENT:0 GLOBAL CAMERA NAME:Blue Horizon DT:2015/06/02 10:24:09 FPS:30 CAMERA INFO CUID:1221010104108 USER DATA DATA:ContourROAM Camera DATA STRUCTURE UPDATE Y:YES N:NO UPDATE_FW Y:YES N:NO Format Settings Resolution(RES) (A)1920x1080 30fps (B)1280x960 30fps (C)1280x720 30fps (P/#)Still picture 5Mp captured at intervals of 1 picture every 1, 3, 5, 10, 30, 60 seconds (where the time is measured from start of picture to start of picture) Bitrate(BR) (H)High (L)Low Microphone Sensitivity(MIC) 0 ~ 42dB Silent Mode(SILENT) (0)Enable Beeps (1)Disable beeps Global Settings Frame Rate(FPS) (25)25fps (30)30fps Camera name(CAMERA NAME)[up to 20 characters] Name entered by user e.g. Jason's Contour Date and Time(DT) YYYY/MM/DD hh:mm:ss YYYY : 2011 - 2040 MM : 01 - 12 DD : 01 - 31 User Data(DATA)[up to 100 characters] 'User' value in the universal settings section where the line contents are simply preserved by the camera.](https://lisamcqueeney.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/right-at-release.jpg?w=670&h=503)
![FW version: 1600 V1.11 FW name:ContourROAM UPDATE:N UPDATE_FW:N 1RES:P/1 1BR:H 1MIC:30 1SILENT:0 GLOBAL CAMERA NAME:Blue Horizon DT:2015/06/02 10:24:09 FPS:30 CAMERA INFO CUID:1221010104108 USER DATA DATA:ContourROAM Camera DATA STRUCTURE UPDATE Y:YES N:NO UPDATE_FW Y:YES N:NO Format Settings Resolution(RES) (A)1920x1080 30fps (B)1280x960 30fps (C)1280x720 30fps (P/#)Still picture 5Mp captured at intervals of 1 picture every 1, 3, 5, 10, 30, 60 seconds (where the time is measured from start of picture to start of picture) Bitrate(BR) (H)High (L)Low Microphone Sensitivity(MIC) 0 ~ 42dB Silent Mode(SILENT) (0)Enable Beeps (1)Disable beeps Global Settings Frame Rate(FPS) (25)25fps (30)30fps Camera name(CAMERA NAME)[up to 20 characters] Name entered by user e.g. Jason's Contour Date and Time(DT) YYYY/MM/DD hh:mm:ss YYYY : 2011 - 2040 MM : 01 - 12 DD : 01 - 31 User Data(DATA)[up to 100 characters] 'User' value in the universal settings section where the line contents are simply preserved by the camera.](https://lisamcqueeney.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/oams-almost.jpg?w=670&h=503)
![FW version: 1600 V1.11 FW name:ContourROAM UPDATE:N UPDATE_FW:N 1RES:P/1 1BR:H 1MIC:30 1SILENT:0 GLOBAL CAMERA NAME:Blue Horizon DT:2015/06/02 10:24:09 FPS:30 CAMERA INFO CUID:1221010104108 USER DATA DATA:ContourROAM Camera DATA STRUCTURE UPDATE Y:YES N:NO UPDATE_FW Y:YES N:NO Format Settings Resolution(RES) (A)1920x1080 30fps (B)1280x960 30fps (C)1280x720 30fps (P/#)Still picture 5Mp captured at intervals of 1 picture every 1, 3, 5, 10, 30, 60 seconds (where the time is measured from start of picture to start of picture) Bitrate(BR) (H)High (L)Low Microphone Sensitivity(MIC) 0 ~ 42dB Silent Mode(SILENT) (0)Enable Beeps (1)Disable beeps Global Settings Frame Rate(FPS) (25)25fps (30)30fps Camera name(CAMERA NAME)[up to 20 characters] Name entered by user e.g. Jason's Contour Date and Time(DT) YYYY/MM/DD hh:mm:ss YYYY : 2011 - 2040 MM : 01 - 12 DD : 01 - 31 User Data(DATA)[up to 100 characters] 'User' value in the universal settings section where the line contents are simply preserved by the camera.](https://lisamcqueeney.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/oams-good.jpg?w=670&h=503)
![FW version: 1600 V1.11 FW name:ContourROAM UPDATE:N UPDATE_FW:N 1RES:P/1 1BR:H 1MIC:30 1SILENT:0 GLOBAL CAMERA NAME:Blue Horizon DT:2015/06/02 10:24:09 FPS:30 CAMERA INFO CUID:1221010104108 USER DATA DATA:ContourROAM Camera DATA STRUCTURE UPDATE Y:YES N:NO UPDATE_FW Y:YES N:NO Format Settings Resolution(RES) (A)1920x1080 30fps (B)1280x960 30fps (C)1280x720 30fps (P/#)Still picture 5Mp captured at intervals of 1 picture every 1, 3, 5, 10, 30, 60 seconds (where the time is measured from start of picture to start of picture) Bitrate(BR) (H)High (L)Low Microphone Sensitivity(MIC) 0 ~ 42dB Silent Mode(SILENT) (0)Enable Beeps (1)Disable beeps Global Settings Frame Rate(FPS) (25)25fps (30)30fps Camera name(CAMERA NAME)[up to 20 characters] Name entered by user e.g. Jason's Contour Date and Time(DT) YYYY/MM/DD hh:mm:ss YYYY : 2011 - 2040 MM : 01 - 12 DD : 01 - 31 User Data(DATA)[up to 100 characters] 'User' value in the universal settings section where the line contents are simply preserved by the camera.](https://lisamcqueeney.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/space-3.jpg?w=670&h=503)
![FW version: 1600 V1.11 FW name:ContourROAM UPDATE:N UPDATE_FW:N 1RES:P/1 1BR:H 1MIC:30 1SILENT:0 GLOBAL CAMERA NAME:Blue Horizon DT:2015/06/02 10:24:09 FPS:30 CAMERA INFO CUID:1221010104108 USER DATA DATA:ContourROAM Camera DATA STRUCTURE UPDATE Y:YES N:NO UPDATE_FW Y:YES N:NO Format Settings Resolution(RES) (A)1920x1080 30fps (B)1280x960 30fps (C)1280x720 30fps (P/#)Still picture 5Mp captured at intervals of 1 picture every 1, 3, 5, 10, 30, 60 seconds (where the time is measured from start of picture to start of picture) Bitrate(BR) (H)High (L)Low Microphone Sensitivity(MIC) 0 ~ 42dB Silent Mode(SILENT) (0)Enable Beeps (1)Disable beeps Global Settings Frame Rate(FPS) (25)25fps (30)30fps Camera name(CAMERA NAME)[up to 20 characters] Name entered by user e.g. Jason's Contour Date and Time(DT) YYYY/MM/DD hh:mm:ss YYYY : 2011 - 2040 MM : 01 - 12 DD : 01 - 31 User Data(DATA)[up to 100 characters] 'User' value in the universal settings section where the line contents are simply preserved by the camera.](https://lisamcqueeney.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/space-with-sun.jpg?w=670&h=503)
Check out our full gallery of images at The Camera’s Eye proofing page, password “Launch15”. You can see even more photos at OFA’s Picasa album for the event!
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