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Would rival anything from a multi-million dollar space program. robert harrison from england rigged the contraption together. his plan was to have the balloon go into the atmosphere and take pictures. he said he was amazed it even worked. >> i was astounded when i saw the pictures. they speak for themselves. to get images like that showing the earth and blackness of space, i wasnt expecting to see pictures like that. >> hows that for hot shots? a parachute brought it down and then he used gps to...

Virginia city line. targeting apparently a republican county office. well have more details as the information comes in. a $600 gps, $100 digital camera, weather balloon and some duct tape yielded this. spectacular images from space that would rival anything from a multi-million dollar space program. nbcs mike taibbi has the story. >> reporter: 38-year-old robert harrison is a self-confessed computer geek who said it was boredom that got him thinking a while back about space exploration, photo...