Apple iPhone travels by balloon into stratosphere and back to earth (with video)

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.]

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