Project Icarus: take shots from outer space with 150$

Project Icarus is a damn interesting approach to high altitude photograpy.

The guys used off-the -shelf hardware (a Canon A470, a Motorola Cellphone, an energizer battery) to take photos of inner space as high as 93000 feet (28 km).

The results, as you can see, are astonishing

Earth from 93000 feet, courtesy of Project Icarus
Earth from 93000 feet, courtesy of Project Icarus