NGC 4725 distorts NGC 4747
Copyrights: Bob Franke
HFG1 region
Copyrights: Tom Davis
Big Dipper
Copyrights: Jose Manuel Sanchez Bosch
Earth from space
Copyrights: Astro-Jeunes
Every year during the Fleurance Astronomy Festival (in France), an astronomy festival called Astro-Jeunes is organised for children between 4 and 16 years old.
During the week, children built a box which will be send in space with an helium balloon. Children places in the box pressure, temperature, radiations detectors, a GPS and a GOPRO camera.
Children have lauched the balloon last thrusday 8th August, with the participation of Mr Michel Tognini, french astronaut at ESA.
This picture has been taken by the GoPro camera at an altitude of 34 km, just before the balloon explosion.