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thekidshouldseethis:

Aerostat — a lovely video of a balloon and video camera’s journey high enough to see space where it recorded an enviable sun flare shot — reminded me of this video shown above: Homemade Spacecraft/Space Balloon. 

Launched by a father and his seven year old in August, 2010, their homemade balloon and video camera set up (housed in a takeout container) also got to see the curve of the Earth, climbing 19 miles high before the balloon burst. It includes a bit more nitty gritty from their experiment, with lots of onscreen notes. Great stuff if you’re itchin’ to DIY with your own weather balloon, video camera and iPhone. 

This is PRETTY FREAKING COOL. What an awesome dad.

thekidshouldseethis:

Powers of Ten (1968), written and directed by Charles and Ray Eames. How is it that I didn’t see this classic film until I was in college? It’s perfect for kids! They should see this!

Thanks, Ariel Churi.

Pretty sure I saw this in class in middle school or so, but I was still gape-mouthed for the whole 9 minutes just now. My mind can’t handle. This site The Kid Should See This is pretty awesome by the way. I’ve spent the past hour enriching my brain.

thekidshouldseethis:

A time-lapse night view from the front of the International Space Station as it orbits Earth. 

This movie begins over the Pacific Ocean and continues over North and South America before entering daylight near Antarctica. Visible cities, countries and landmarks include (in order) Vancouver Island, Victoria, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles. Phoenix. Multiple cities in Texas, New Mexico and Mexico. Mexico City, the Gulf of Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula, Lightning in the Pacific Ocean, Guatemala, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, and the Amazon. Also visible is the earths ionosphere (thin yellow line) and the stars of our galaxy.

Wow. I love the lightning over the ocean.