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High up in the stratosphere, between flying drones and satellites, high-altitude balloons can be used to track wildfires and climate change. @urbanskyimaging wants to make them cheap and easy to launch. Bloomberg’s Ashlee Vance has more on Hello World. Watch the series here: Like this video? Subscribe: Become a Quicktake Member for exclusive perks: Bloomberg…

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High up in the stratosphere, between flying drones and satellites, high-altitude balloons can be used to track wildfires and climate change.
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5 Comments

  1. T.

    October 12, 2023 at 8:42 pm

    Didn’t Google do this

    • manonamission2000

      October 13, 2023 at 3:56 am

      Carl Fredricksen mastered the art already

  2. James Black

    October 12, 2023 at 8:47 pm

    Whats tge altitude and can they be stable positioned?

  3. Andy Yong

    October 13, 2023 at 3:41 am

    Very deep meaning and no kne understand whats the background the all the back messaging ????

  4. Smokin’Politics

    October 13, 2023 at 8:40 am

    Climate change, climate change, climate change… We always talk about what the negatives can be… But do we ever talk about the POSITIVE things it can bring us…?

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