On Wednesday 5 July 2023 , shortly before 11 am, Gianluca – a 23-year-old Salento native from the municipality of Casarano , passionate about astronomy and photography – decided to launch a balloon inflated with hydrogen towards the edge of the Earth’s atmosphere :
Wedged in a polystyrene box, in the craft probe there was also a ” Xaomi 4 ” smartphone – equipped with an app programmed for continuous shooting every ten seconds – through which the 23-year-old was thus able to take photos and videos from a distance at a height of 26,555 meters . The probe balloon then exploded, returning to Earth:
According to what has been learned, pushed by the winds, the balloon dragged the probe first to the territory of Ruffano , and then, to follow on to Montesano Salentino, Diso, Vignacastrisi and Castro . There, thanks to the contrary wind, instead of ending up in the sea, it passed over Poggiardo and Botrugno ; Sanarica and Minervino . Finally, Gianluca ‘s probe crashed in Porto Badisco where it was successfully recovered. An experiment carried out to photograph the curvature of the Earth. A dream that until a few decades ago was only possible for astronauts. The video was circulated on YouTube, getting thousands of views. The link to the video:
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