VIDEO: UCC student's weather balloon films West Kerry from the earth’s stratosphere

UCC student Gerard Prunty has captured some of the most captivating images ever recorded of West Kerry by launching a weather balloon with a camera mounted to it into the earth's stratosphere.

VIDEO: UCC student's weather balloon films West Kerry from the earth’s stratosphere
Sat, 04 Oct, 2014 - 01:00
Robert McNamara

The video shows stunning views of Kerry from over 30km above the county after the launch had taken place at Met Eireann's Valentia Observatory in Cahersiveen.

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