Click the mouse and keep it pressed down as you move it around to see the view from different angles. Look down as the balloon rises and look up when the altitude is 19km to see the balloon burst.
A short behind-scenes overview of the project and all the missions
Mission 4 – Operation Falcon with the first video footage
Operation Sandfly : This balloon reached a height of 30,885m (about 3x higher than a commercial plane)
Operation Dragon: Launched from the Constantia Waldorf School below
Operation Humming Bird: about 600m above the M3 to Muizenberg
Operation Dragon: Higher than Table Mountain (1,085m)
Operation Dove: 3,000m above Table Bay
Operation Dove: 6,500m above Robben Island
Operation Dove: 9,000m above the Cape Peninsula
Operation Falcon: 14,000 above Cape Point
Operation Humming Bird: 23,000m
Operation Humming Bird at 27,000m: The Thin Blue Line
Operation Humming Bird: just over 28,000m (the temperature was -53°C)
Operation Dove: Above the Clouds
Operation Dove: A soft landing in Elgin