HELIUM BALLOON IMAGING “SATELLITE”

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INFLATION WATCH

Snap aerial photos from 300’ up by suspending a hacked drugstore camera from 3 tethered helium balloons.

The first time I saw a satellite photo of my house on Google Earth, I expressed shock at the “Big Brother” implications of an all-seeing, commercial eye-in-the-sky. But meanwhile, I was also secretly disappointed ...

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