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  1. Preparations for the launch of a #stratospheric #balloon, moments before the dawn near #Bristol, England in the early 1950s.

    The #hydrogen filling tube is visible at the bottom, together with the nuclear emulsion stack in a bamboo cage. The #emulsions were sent aloft to register traces of rare particles created by collisions of cosmic rays with particles in the high atmosphere.

    All eyes look at rubber balloons launched to gauge wind speed

    (Source: Bristol University)

    #BalloonImageOfTheDay

  2. Preparations for the launch of a #stratospheric #balloon, moments before the dawn near #Bristol, England in the early 1950s.

    The #hydrogen filling tube is visible at the bottom, together with the nuclear emulsion stack in a bamboo cage. The #emulsions were sent aloft to register traces of rare particles created by collisions of cosmic rays with particles in the high atmosphere.

    All eyes look at rubber balloons launched to gauge wind speed

    (Source: Bristol University)

    #BalloonImageOfTheDay