The Balloon Project

The balloon project was inspired by google earth after the first time I saw my house on it. It was fantastic, but the resolution wasn't good enough for me, and thus the balloon project was born.

Almost immediately, a couple of things popped into my mind: Balloon, lift, camera. I mean, wouldn't it seem like a stupidly simple method? An aerial camera perhaps? How feasible was this project?

Eventually, I decided on using a remote controlled film camera which is suspended from a helium filled weather balloon, which in turn is secured to the ground by a length of string. This meant that I could at least get the camera back down again...