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Click on the photos below for their high-res versions. Credit: Clark School of Engineering.
Setting Up
Pre-Launch
Launch
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Three Blind Youth Slam participants pose with their balloon in the rotunda of the Kim Engineering Building. |
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Blind Youth Slam participants prep their weather balloons in the rotunda of the Kim Engineering Building. |
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Aero Visiting Professor Mary Bowden assists one of the teams with their weather balloon. |
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A Blind Youth Slam participant takes her weather balloon outside for the launch. |
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Blind Youth Slam participants get ready for the launch on the Kim Building plaza. |
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Prof. Mary Bowden (red shirt, center) gives the final countdown for the launch. |
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The first balloons rise into the air. |
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The final balloons are launched. |
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The balloons in the air. |
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Clark School students check the data being transmitted from the balloons. |
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