Up shot camera into the stratosphere, two years later, found it full of … – IDG.se

In June 2013 bosom of five American students a balloon that would fly over the Grand Canyon. With the ride was a Gopro camera in a specially built enclosure that would film the adventure, says one of the participants on Reddit.

The balloon took off and step way up in the stratosphere, to over three mile altitude. The five enthusiasts followed the trek from the ground using a telephone on board who sent GPS coordinates. But all did not go as planned.

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 After a flight of more than an hour and a half landed camera. But the maps of mobile coverage that students received from the telephone company AT & amp; T did not match, and the camera fell down somewhere in a rugged area with total radio shadow. They made several sökinsatser, but in vain.

 

 Two years later, something happens to say the least unlikely. An AT & amp; T-worker out on the hike stumbles over a package in the desert. She picks the phone to one of the operator’s stores and manages to sort out the SIM card belongs to one of the students.

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 So finally the camera was reunited with the expedition, and on board were a bunch of great pictures of the Grand Canyon from the proper height that you see in the video below.