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Could see it if it fell in the forest. it really stood out. >> although the neon paint will make it easier to spot, they will need something much more dependable if they want to find it. >> i found it seemed to have the best app to track the balloon. it gives you longitude and latitude but altitude as well. >> if you lost your phone, you would have where to track it. >> there's the camera. >> next to it was a little camera used for sky diving stunts and motorsports. the whole craft with the camera and tracking system is within a 4-pound limit for faa regulations. >> august 11th, 2010, newburgh...

Each time it made things a little better. just learning from the previous flight. >> i started using a pilot's parachute, which is nice and comfortable. we got more security and safety. better communication between the ground crew. >> july 5, 2008. kent couch attempts to fly from bend, oregon, to boise, idaho, and break his record of 193 miles traveled in a cluster balloon. >> on launch day, we had to be up at 3:30 in the morning. >> it's usually about 50 to 70 volunteers that make this thing work. we'd normally have four or six helium stations. each station had four people on it. >> it takes ...

It really stood out. >> although the neon paint will make it easier to spot, they will need something much more dependable if they want to find it. >> i found it seemed to have the best app to track the balloon. it gives you longitude and latitude but altitude as well. >> if you lost your phone, you would have where to track it. >> there's the camera. >> next to it was a little camera used for sky diving stunts and motorsports. the whole craft with the camera and tracking system is within a 4-pound limit for faa regulations. >> august 11th, 2010, newburgh, new york. after eight months of prep ...

Fortunately, it lands only 30 miles north of the launch site. they are able to retrieve the footage. >> to be totally honest, we got a little sick watching it. we were eating and watching it at our kitchen table the first time. we were so focused on the screen and eating at the same time. >> but once it reaches the stratosphere, everything levels out. >> we were shooting from about 80,000 feet. twice as high as a plane. three times as high as a plane. >> the craft peaks at 100,000 feet or nearly 19 miles above the earth on its 95-minute voyage. >> at the very end, the balloon is stretched to i...

You get up. there isn't a lot of oxygen. and the air is very thin. >> the pressure of the helium inside the balloon is much greater than the surrounding air pressure, so it continues to expand until finally, the balloon pops. and the craft comes plummeting back to earth at more than 100 miles an hour. >> so the parachute deploys maybe 30 seconds after the balloon bursts. it doesn't do anything until it gets the heavier air. >> at one point, it rocked head over heels. even though it didn't have head or heels. it was pretty amazing because there's a lot of reasons it wouldn't work. >> i've shot ...