The Balloon Project


Since I've been working with balloons in my scale models lately, I get exited every time I come across an interesting balloon project. Ira Mowen and Luca Antonucci have been doing quite well after their initial balloon launch in San Francisco. They attached a video camera to a number of helium filled balloons, hoping to get some nice aerial views of the city. Their first launch was perhaps not the most successful one, but it has set them going on a so called Balloon Project Tour across the world. Here is the footage of the first launch in San Franciso.


"It looks like a group of red grapes slowly hanging out in the ether. It's beautiful ..."

Suddenly Google Street View suddenly looks like a pathetic attempt to map the world.