We sent a GoPro to space... for science!

Weather balloons are essential to weather forecasting, but it takes a lot of coordination to send them up - and to track the data they capture. Kyle Brittain attached some cameras to a weather balloon to get a better picture of how the process works and the result is an epic adventure into the Alberta badlands.
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[@iaing]

The excitement of the folks in this video is infectious. What an amazing experience. Well done.

[@outlasted4148]

Amazing quality of space itself. The sun shining bright far away, the earth illuminating in the vast darkness of space. Seeing the contrast of the Earth and space itself is truly remarkable

[@dayb4valentines213]

omg the balloons bravery...round of applause...so profound, so beautiful

[@rayverdone7477]

Fantastic Nick, and all. Congratulations.

[@SJR_Media_Group]

This is as close to being in space most of us will experience... simple technologies: weather balloon and small video cameras. Years ago, video equipment was too heavy to loft into the heavens. Today, 4K video cameras fit in the palm of your hand. One thing that would improve the overall experience is a 3 axis gyro stabilized camera platform on balloon. Add remote pan, tilt, and zoom in real time from ground to balloon and that also will improve experience.

[@dathacks8434]

should do it again with a 360 degree flat lens camera would make for even better view, that's the major downside to GoPro's is the fish eye distortion. But could you image using one of the flat lens 360 degree cameras, the interactive ones that you can move the image or video and see all around it now THAT would be neat!

[@theyframedme]

You can set gopros to linear view eliminating fish eye

[@domen112]

The cosmo is flat

[@expeditiongaming7378]

@@theyframedmeand that changes it not being a 360 degree camera still, how? 😂

[@expeditiongaming7378]

@@domen112sure mate, just don't send a 360degree camera up 😂wouldn't wanna ruin your stance by proving it wrong haha

[@terriblediscount]

Great video, something I always wanted to do. Awesome job guys!

[@chrisr7597]

Badlands look pretty cool. Think this is inspiration on how to leave this oppressive regime... freedom at it's finest. 🔥💯🔥

[@272degrees5]

As a kid with model rockets I noticed there's always some rotation when descending with a chute. Wonder how you'd minimize that? Can't believe this only has 419 likes.

[@aopa1070]

And not one pair of sunglasses amongst them haha. Awesome footage guys!!!

[@liamvdw221]

Tolle Fisheye Show.

[@jotapauclair3876]

What a great video…good editing and music. Clouds make visuals interesting. Good planning and execution. Could not have had a better landing.

[@codacoder]

Great video and pictures!

[@DaniElle25g]

Just ignore the flat people and their flat people comments. Wow! What fun huh?

[@RainbowFlowerCrow]

Flipping amazing!! Awesome footage!! And yeah, ignoring the flat brats lol

[@SpitSharp]

@@RainbowFlowerCrowWe need to do this at bottom of the earth recording people upside down and rivers flowing up that would be the ultimate 😂😂😂

[@RainbowFlowerCrow]

@@SpitSharp Lol! 😆

[@jayh9529]

Can you do it without the fish eye lens

[@muzikgod]

Why? Too lazy to do some research?

[@UncleBaldy]

🤷🏼‍♂️is it possible to send a balloon higher ❓. i.e. stronger materials etc.👍🏼( Curiosity from the uk here 🇬🇧 guys)

[@westonmeckes]

Look from 9:22 to 9:26, how it goes from curved to indented. Why do they always use a fish-eye lens?! Lmao suspect af

[@beyondnow1600]

The only time I've one that isn't fish eye the horizon was level and flat.

[@GuardianSoulkeeper]

​@@beyondnow1600Liar.

[@bradshipp5746]

and it flips the other way at 10:45 fisheye lense

[@mavrick6088]

Wow if you look out into the distance you can see something out there that is in space. Maybe a satilite or space station possibly. Its definatly somthing

[@ethantalbot3015]

Saw it too

[@justsomeguy6474]

It's a planet.

[@i.c.y.]

Yeap - send another one. We need more targets for the F-22s. They are getting the attention they deserve, finally. Baloons, pinatas, gender reveal stupidities - if it flies and goes high, it'll do.

[@allashama]

what kind of experiment do you wish to get with a gopro? go on youtube, everyone buy a cheap gopro to do this experiment.. You want a real science? Do it with a real camera and search for the curvature. Welcome into the rabbit hole!

[@muzikgod]

Thanks for trolling and supporting the globe! :)

[@allashama]

@@muzikgod as you, i dont support the fake globe model.. as you, i tried to proove the earth is a globe, and failed. everytime i try, its a fail. The earth is not spinning. we are motionless and in the center of the universe. The earth is a realm, not a planet. Nikola Tesla understood it. If you want to find the secret of the universe, think in term of Frequency, and vibration.

[@muzikgod]

@@allashama You didn't try so why bother to lie? A simple sunrise/set destroys any notion of the earth being flat as does a local horizon! Your inability to understand basic things doesn't make the earth flat, troll on! 🌎

[@allashama]

@@muzikgod poor guy who think he see curvature at sea level.. really dude, stop insulting me with your ignorance... being Open minded doesnt mean head fracture. If in your little brain, you believe the earth is chasing the sun at speed of Mach 88, while the sun going foward at 660,600 kmh.. do you feel the force of acceleration? or any force at all? no..the only force you can feel is the attraction to the ground of all matters more dense than they air. Neil call it Gravity.. which he's unable to explain lol, but i let him with his theory lol. about you, just wake up.. calling the earth is round only because you see curvature at sea level XD really.. i can'T stop laughing.

[@muzikgod]

@@allashama You're actually proud of being dumb and ignorant, congrats nutcase! Poor nutter, doesn't know how things would work if the earth was flat. Your mad because reality doesn't match your delusional thoughts, cry more. No facts, no research, no evidence, no map or model, and not one repeatable experiment that proves a flat motionless earth from the nutcase community, EVER! 🐔💩

[@iamjohnporter67]

That is really cool how a camera can survive like that when going into space.

[@theyframedme]

What were the settings your gopro were set at? Were you using linear settings?

[@msfitzsadventures]

We did that in 5 grade. Weather balloon, dry ice and a camera. Science is great. Got me to NASA stuff

[@mattyinthesky9424]

This is amazing .

[@Lendog22]

Now the USAF keeps shooting them down 😂

[@MissCase530]

Awesome project.

[@scwartz06]

Hey Nick, I was thinking of recreating this experiment for my science fair next year, I just wanted to know how much this cost and what your procedure was to do this experiment.

[@rea5gan538]

This video is proof that if flat earthers really wanted to falsify their views they could

[@infinite_g7152]

Thank you proving the earth isnt flat.

[@wardrobegirl67]

It’s a fish eye lens, that is kind of obvious.

[@user-zp1ug7xb5j]

​@@wardrobegirl67 you'll call anything a fish eyes lense if it doesn't show what you want

[@nikkucharski4851]

Did you have to get a permission( possible collision with airplanes?)

[@primiceriomoris]

What a wonderful video!!! At what distance it landed from the started point?

[@1eenerweener1]

This is what I wanted to know too.

[@90zr1]

Ngl looks a little flat

[@deadhead73]

My question is how the hell did you get a GoPro battery to last two hours? Most do not last thirty minutes

[@aopa1070]

He shows the large battery at 1:40

[@mojo6098]

As well as his answer he also has a back up.

[@TorontoBoi]

You spent all that time and money only to use a distorted GoPro, fish-eye's lens to film the earth? Aaaaaaah....well played. Interesting how it fell back down so close to the launch site when the earth is "spinning" thousands of miles an hour. Next time, please use a regular camera lens and not one that looks like you're looking through a door's peep hole.

[@videopium5719]

@Armor-of- God oh i see it now. you really do feel special and that you are intellectually better than everybody else. must be schizophrenic. lmao I was pissed off at flat earther but now i see it is a disease.

[@muzikgod]

Thanks for trolling and supporting the globe! :)

[@TheSoulGardenUK]

Fish eyed to F!😆 the rope is bent! 🤦🏻‍♂️☮️✌🏼

[@muzikgod]

Thanks for trolling and supporting the globe! :)

[@peterminea3949]

Too good that the parachute returned to Earth!

[@cuznbill3251]

Why the fish eye lenses?can it be corrected some how?

[@cuznbill3251]

Notice: I t must suck that all people are no longer asleep. Nasa and all other space agencies on this vast non moving plane are not real people its the freemasonrys scheme to launder money.look at the first alleged moonlanding , its fake.

[@pauliepati5723]

So people don't see the earth is flat

[@muzikgod]

@@pauliepati5723 Yet it's not flat. What else are the voices saying?

[@muzikgod]

@Armor-of- God Only the dumb and insane make such statements! :)

[@DRAGONSLAYERSIX]

flat, , convex, oops round , wait flat, round , concave ohhhh those damn fish eye lenses grrrrrr

[@KELBYL]

Why send up a fish eye camera ? I like the part when your camera was spinning at high altitude and making the horizon appear both convex, and then concave . Then it falls and only landed 70 some KM away after a few hours in the air ....

[@youtubeis...]

Yeah it’s always the same. Good they remembered the memory card.

[@plutoidrepublic2765]

because thats the only option from a go pro :)

[@spshivram]

I’m also planning to send gopro to space. But To check i placed my gopro in refrigerator for 2hrs and my go pro lense gets fogged. How to avoid it ? But your camera seems very clear

[@KriStiBaLe27]

Wow this is such beautiful work 👏🙌

[@morgan-5171]

Got so high that the sun simular popped the balloon 🎈 🤫

[@FransceneJK98]

Show this to all flat earthers 😂😂😂😂😂 also, I wonder if the drug cartels will use this tactic to by pass customs for drug transport lol

[@timothybarr9064]

Nice going , you have original video from space . Next experiment..telephoto lens ?

[@superdave1964]

space? cllick bait ? 25kilometrs and looks like a bright star..listen to you guys great video job!

[@muzikgod]

Thanks for trolling and supporting the globe! :)

[@sarabhabib1003]

What kind of tracking device did you use? Good post.

[@rampageMoffett]

I'm trynna figure out how it didn't come down somewhere else

[@bobray7790]

would you guys stop using go pros with the fish eye lens for god sake.

[@mactallica9293]

Do you guys realize it's not to prove the shape of earth. Everyone with a brain knows the shape. It's for a wide angle

[@charlescallaway369]

Then you do it stop relying on others to prove your point. Want something done right do it yourself since no matter what anybody uses you're going to say some kind of propaganda, fisheye lens, or something fucking stupid. Do it yourself and then post it YOURSELF! I'm not saying the Earth isn't flat I'm just saying prove it you sit there and you say oh don't use this don't use that then you use the appropriate gear, and stop bitching about others work.

[@entangledmindcells9359]

why so a bunch of idiots can make other blatant false accusations or excuses?

[@muzaffarmir7852]

amazing. speechless. I mean the earth is Just hanging in the universe. this isn't just a coincidence. Look how tiny we are, and we are on the brink of WW3 and for what??

[@jax-flseminoles7980]

It is round!!

[@GREEKKINGG]

Its not a "planet" we live on a "plane". 9:55, the truth shall set you free.

[@lukespatola1184]

99% FILLER 1% content

[@scumpuppies]

Hey! Love the video. I'm about launch my own and have questions. Anywhere I can get into contact with you?

[@TomDonnan]

They're using a fish eye lens, watch the edges of the video when the balloon bobs up and down the horizon changes shape lol.

[@GuardianSoulkeeper]

Yes, we know. Next up: The sky is blue.

[@TomDonnan]

@@GuardianSoulkeeper Have you read the comments? Like 99% of them think the earth is curved in this video.

[@GuardianSoulkeeper]

@@TomDonnan Because it is. There's distortion due to the fish eye lens and there's also curvature due to the Earth. Two things can happen at the same time ya know.

[@TomDonnan]

@@GuardianSoulkeeper The horizon is horizonal in real life, horizon is short for horizonal. When the horizon is in the middle of the screen it's level, using a fish eye lens to simulate curvature is obviously being deceptive. The horizon wouldn't rise to eye level on a globe, it would stay fixed in place and you'd keep rising above it.

[@GuardianSoulkeeper]

@@TomDonnan _"The horizon is horizonal in real life,"_ Pretty much. _"horizon is short for horizonal"_ No it's not. _"When the horizon is in the middle of the screen it's leve"_ No it's not. Screen position has precisely nothing to do with wether or not something is level. _"using a fish eye lens to simulate curvature is obviously being deceptive. "_ Fish eye lens offers a greater field of view. _"The horizon wouldn't rise to eye level on a globe"_ Correct. This is why we never see the horizon rise to eye level.

[@Robert-fi9xl]

Can we see the camera footage?

[@averythompkins3682]

GOD loves you enough to send HIS only SON to save you and if you repent and turn from your sins and be baptized in THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON and THE HOLY SPIRIT. ((if you haven't )

[@DustinAyers-s7d]

Could you post your build list?

[@maryleeradka6439]

My Mom was born in Alberta Canada.

[@TÜRK_ALP]

Why have this kind of lens ? 🤔

[@soft-p4g]

Only if you know it's just a joke 😂 sorry if you don't understand the comedy 🚴😂

[@jamesgalloway6180]

Interesting this fits right into our experience with the Chinese ballooning brouhaha. It looked like it was hauling a miniature space station. Balloonuary the 6th I heard someone say.

[@selahcmusic]

Was waiting to see if the world is round or flat, and nothing was confirmed😂😂😂

[@radarcontact349]

A spherical Earth was confirmed a long time ago, before space travel.

[@jwick556]

@@radarcontact349confirmed how? i’m genuinely scared the earth is flat i need some real proof i cannot find any

[@GaelLazerYT]

is just me or the earth looks flat can you show us if the earth is flat or round please

[@skman_india]

Waoooo😍 awesome 👍😊

[@wardrobegirl67]

Of course it’s a GoPro, if you used a good camera it would show there is no curve.

[@GuardianSoulkeeper]

Actually it would.

[@wardrobegirl67]

@@GuardianSoulkeeper it was used and did not show any curve.

[@GuardianSoulkeeper]

@@wardrobegirl67 Liar, liar, pants on fire.

[@wardrobegirl67]

@@GuardianSoulkeeper well, that’s a tough argument to counter. The earth curvature formula is simple math, it has no agenda. You can go outside where you live and prove there is no curve.

[@nikolasxxx007]

What do you believe about these guys who told "flat earth""???🤔🤔

[@b___a___7___i___t]

Where moon only sun watch

[@kevinmoore6070]

Nice fish eye lens to fake curvature.

[@entangledmindcells9359]

why not use a fish eye.. see more of the earth.. besides... the earth being a globe has been known for a couple thousand years.. Might want to catch up with the times..

[@muzikgod]

@Kevin Moore Thanks for trolling and supporting the globe! :)

[@nicktronson2977]

It's flat Earth ma niccaz.

[@muzikgod]

Thanks for trolling and supporting the globe! :)

[@vethbermejo1838]

did u use fish eye lens on ur camera?

[@queentrinitywombeast6472]

But where is the moon and stars? NASA been lying

[@nintendokiller1]

Fish eye

[@Silkroadvideos]

I thought earth was flat

[@christianamusic7153]

Earth looks flat

[@LordDeBahs]

we use fish eye lense ...for science

[@YOYO-ew8mp]

Wheres the stars there were no stars in the black? Im not a flat earther but that looked flat!

[@aapple3595]

Earth is very huge That's why you can barely see the curve. But in some moments in the video if you put a straight line in the screen you can see some curve. The stars are washed out because of the Sun brightness. If the sun gone hidden you might be able to see stars

[@Makiyura]

Awesome!?

[@paylocity8742]

Where are the stars at 😐

[@sebastiannolte1201]

It is in bright daylight, at sometimes the camera even looks directly into the sun. Stars are much too dim in comparison.

[@lunaticoz1]

Flat earth 😂

[@pauliepati5723]

Thanks for proving the earth is flat

[@muzikgod]

Thanks for proving that you're dumb and insane. :)

[@147Robbotv]

So much for flat earth hahaha

[@Sikkid]

Holy hell its flat

[@AustinAdams]

Doesn’t look like it’s spinning 1666 km/h to me.

[@muzikgod]

Thanks for trolling and supporting the globe! :)

[@masdavis236]

Round earth propaganda

[@NTWaveBeatBuster]

And concave somethimes

[@humanplusbeing2178]

And you discovered our Flat Earth, well done folks.

[@awatt]

Globe confirmed 💯🌎

[@Javid-Shah]

looks like has a upside down curve :D

[@duncanvantongeren4646]

Look!!! The _curvature_ if earth!!! 😜🤔😂 ‘Gravity’… Now gimme a break! 🤣🤣🤣 Why not take a kabbalistic break for once in a while… You guys are a tat too intense… 😜🤔😂

[@EmersumBiggins]

Hey, flat earth window lickers - Is it was flat, you wouldn’t see the 360 degree horizon, equidistant from the camera in all directions, that we see on EVERY high altitude camera, no matter where on earth it is launched.

[@TheGhostPartyOfficial]

Not a bad point. Still looks flat

[@SpitSharp]

@@TheGhostPartyOfficialWaiting for a video on water flowing up hill, it’s been a million videos and sill water is going down at sea curve I mean level 😂😂😂❤

[@agnesdomi6651]

It's kinda JamesWeb telescope for Albertaian 🛰🛰🚀🚀