The Oslo High Altitude Balloon Project was launched August 25th from Oslo, Norway.
The balloon package contained an Apple iPhone 4 with GeoLoqi and Hero GoPro HD camera.
• Flight time: ~1h 40 min
• Highest altitude reached: 17.97 km. (~11.17 miles)
• Descended at about 32 km/h (19.88 mph)
• Travel distance: ~120 km (~74.56 miles)
Landed at:
• latitude: 60.6686
• longitude: 11.3453
<strongFull article (in Norwegian) here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “ORevang” for the heads up.]