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	Teens take pictures of space with a Nikon on a balloon

saan-kpa

3-17-2009 8:50 PM

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3-17-2009 9:31 PM

balthazarus

3-20-2009 1:45 PM

JohnWaterman

Nice pictures of the event from the Boston Globe

3-20-2009 8:53 PM

willhelm

Cool. Thanks for the link JW.

3-20-2009 9:51 PM

tanyamm

That was quite an achievement.

3-21-2009 9:55 AM

egoldstein

how incredible!

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