Re: Aerial Photography

[Rod Sage <rsage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bertha wrote:
>Coincidence is a funny thing. I live in a hilly area. Today, in an
empty lot
>on the hill behind the house, I saw an aerial photographic contraption.
A
>camera was suspended below a large balloon in the shape of a small
blimp.
>(Maybe 15-20 feet long - but I am really bad at judging size and
distance.)
>The operator/photgrapher was below. A harness was around his neck,
apparently
>holding up a display screen - I assume the camera was digital. A cable
ran
>from the balloon to the operator - quite a lot of extra was looped
around his
>arm. He got the ballon up maybe about 40-50 ft in the air. There are
some nice
>views and custom houses being built here - we suspect it was real
estate
>related rather than government/utility as there were no markings on his
van.

Here's a link to Blimpography. This seems like a good way to go as the
blimps will be fair ly stable if the wind is low. I guess the cost of
helium would be a consideration. I assume they must pump out the helium
and recyle it.

http://www.blimpographer.org/

Rod S.

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