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“To control the altitude of the cluster balloon, the pilot takes off with more balloons than needed to lift his or her weight, and carries ballast (water or sand) to balance out most of this excess lift. To level out or descend, the pilot releases or bursts balloons. To slow the descent or ascend again, the pilot releases ballast.”
Sounds like a chance to leave a really colorful corpse to us, but the photos of the event are remarkable, as is the QuickTime slide show.
An Introduction to Cluster Ballooning [via Telescreen.org]
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