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Teens Put Lego Man in ‘Space’ (Actually Stratosphere)
That’s one giant leap for Lego. Two Canadian highschoolers have wowed the Web with their video of a Lego toy taking a balloon ride to near-space.
The video, made by Toronto 17-year-olds Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad, shows a tiny Lego man holding a Canadian flag with the blue curve of the Earth far below and the black of space above. It is the latest example of do-it-yourself near-space photography by an amateur balloon launching team.
The teens used a weather balloon to carry the Lego minifigure and set of cameras, one with a fish-eye lens, into to the stratosphere, ultimately reaching a height of nearly 80,000 feet (24,384 meters) before the balloon burst, according to the Toronto Star . Once the balloon popped, the Lego man and its attached cameras fell back to Earth under a homemade parachute.
Pictures that they have taken:
Photo Credit: Lego Man In Space, Mission Success Album
Pretty awesome, right? Definitely would love to do this in the near future.
Even the Canadians have a better space program!
Updates are good, updates are great
Dave and Rose: Meh. Fun, but irrelevant. And by irrelevant I mean the most relevant to the story and cool to see more of Dave’s psyche and their history but I already knew it, kinda.
John and Vriska: Baaaaaaaaw.
Davesprite and Jadesprite: Baaaaaaaaw x2 combo with a little mixture of happiness and awe and Davesprite’s supreme badassness.
Liv x CD: Teehee, no more baws, never again. Everything is good with Exiles.
Nepeta and Jaspersprite: Baaaaaaaaw x3 combo. Emphasis on the x3
This is incredibly silly…
Okay, this post has no real point… But I just read the Break Heads update of Homestuck… And this is… Wow. All I can say is…
Dat update. /lipbitingsunglassespicture
Oh Gamzee. You are the best psycho clown. But I highly recommend putting on the 28 Days Later music the artist links. It adds SO MUCH.
PANTSKAT! TallPants<3Karkat=OTP!
Oh Gamzee. Why you so crazy.
Braindump
I grew up in isolation.
There was my family, sure. And a few friends along the way, although none particularly close. But I had something that experience has led me to believe is rather rare these days: The free space to exist alone and unimpeded. To flourish into vacant space, rather than compete like a plant struggling against its fellows for sunshine. It’s a luxury I miss. Sometimes other people being around is like a physical pressure I can almost barely endure. One or two people, no problem. Crowds, I feel like my mind is being crushed like my body is on an unusually packed morning subway commute. Almost a physical sensation at times. I find myself sitting back and away, retreating from the hurricane of thought and emotion and personality and just watching it go by.
When I was younger, this arose from fear. It was a melee, a head-to-head battle for which I wasn’t equipped and didn’t understand. Now though… I’ve fought those battles and I just don’t enjoy it. A competition of people not competing. It’s exhausting and imposing. Now I am content to observe. To draw those I wish to interact with outside of that world and into mine, rather than delve into that world and have mine crushed and deformed.
As I grow older, peace is all I seek. Stability even in the new, predictability even in adventure. And I worry, someday I may find it. The chaos and surprise of my youth left as a series of snapshots. Torture that they no longer exist, but priceless in the obtaining.
I grew up in isolation and the path I walk leads me to return.
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
tsunderehellokitty:
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redbucket:
This should be illegal. This. Mashup. I don’t even. It’s too…
Sburbanromance
It’s Karkat’s theme! ALERT THE MEDIA.
Holy shit I need this on my dashboard like burning. Brb replaying forever.
Better than the original!
