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balloon experiment

RUSSIAN



THE GREAT BALLOON EXPERIMENTS
KARYMSKY

We have done the first-ever-made attempts to sample ash clouds of erupting volcanoes. Sampling device was carried into eruptive clouds of Karymsky volcano by tethered balloons filled with helium.



Experiment description

Photos of balloon launch 2003

Photos of balloon launch 2004

Photos of balloon launch 2005

Photos of Karymsky 2003 eruption