Weather Balloon Burst (ONLY) - Bobblehead in Space Raises Awareness of the Needs of Seniors

A short version of the larger Home Instead Balloon launch video. The video shows the upward camera focused on the expansion of the balloon at 300x speed. As pressure decreases, the helium expands within the balloon until the balloon breaks. The result, incredible never seen before video. At 114,389 feet the balloon bursts. The temperature low is -91F on this 2hr 40 min trip. In 26 minutes, the payload free falls and a 36 inch parachute deploys. The sponsor, Home Instead Senior Care, enables seniors to remain independent and provides much needed respite care for family caregivers. For more information visit homeinstead.com. For more information about this launch visit AccessSpace.org. The original version of this video it at: http://bit.ly/r9V5bV

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• weather balloon
• balloon burst
• home care
• Home Instead
• Senior Care
• high altitude
• home help
• caregiver
• bobblehead in space
• near space
• balloon pop
• explode
• Jason Sager
• cold temperature
• helium
• air

[xHAZARD78x]

where did you get the intro? Ive seen it on other youtube videos (not by you) before

[SagerIncorporated]

@xHAZARD78x It is one of the free intros that comes with Final Cut Pro X. The program is awesome and really easy to use. Good luck.

[alex1murdoch]

Do you find the camera?

[SagerIncorporated]

@alex1murdoch All four cameras were still attached to the payload. We used a radio beeper (220Mhz), GPS SPOT, and APRS radio GPS to find the payload a 100 miles away.

[Mrsweirdfish10]

helloo weather!!!

[gerLd]

is this an "in da club" instrumental?

[half4team]

Would love to see a green laser attached to it. I wonder how well it would work in space!

[SagerIncorporated]

@shutternation We used RainX to help the water droplets get off the lens. I used GoPro anti-fog inserts inside the housing. I love the iPhone videos. The GoPro is so sturdy that it does not need extra insulation. It worked between -40F to -91F for about 1.75 hrs.

[shutternation]

@SagerIncorporated Thanx for the info, i have a gopro myself and there one of the best cameras i have seen or used. Whats the RainX do? I say someone do something similar to this probably not so extreme with a iphone so they could find it. THey used heating pads to warm it. but you took it to a whole new level!

[SagerIncorporated]

@shutternation We used four (4) GoPro HERO cameras. Three were set at 1080HD video (R5), and one was set to take pictures every two seconds. I added the extra battery pacs to them and 32G SD cards. I got 3.5 hours of video with that set up. We sprayed the outside with RainX and used anti-fog inserts inside the case. They worked to -91F!