The Photo Gallery
Room 2: The Balloon is Launched
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Seconds after balloon launch. Texas,
1994.
Just off the surface, the balloon rises at about 5 meters per second (about
16 feet per second). Note that the radiosonde swings, but the electric
field meter stays horizontal by virtue of its rigging. The crew scrambles
to their post-launch tasks.
Watching for 'in cloud'. Texas,
1994.
If conditions allow, one crew member (here, Megan Maddox) watches the balloon
until it enters the cloud. Shown in the background is the balloon
truck used to transport the inflated balloons, instruments, equipment,
and helium. The launch tube is being readied for the next balloon
inflation on the far left.
Balloon and launch train, rising toward the
cloud. Over Texas, 1994.
A balloon and its launch train, still rising.
Over Texas, 1994.
Hailstone, approximately 2.5 inches in diameter. Texas, 1994.
This hailstone was collected by Tom Marshall during ballooning operations.
It has a rounded disk shape, and the core is denser, almost clear ice.
NSSL1 under a mammatus cloud. Texas, 1994.
Mammatiform clouds like this are usually found beneath the anvil of
a thunderstorm or in the late stages of the storm.
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