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Teens Put Lego Man in ‘Space’ (Actually Stratosphere)

That’s one giant leap for Lego. Two Canadian highschoolers have wowed the Web with their video of a Lego toy taking a balloon ride to near-space.

The video, made by Toronto 17-year-olds Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad, shows a tiny Lego man holding a Canadian flag with the blue curve of the Earth far below and the black of space above. It is the latest example of do-it-yourself near-space photography by an amateur balloon launching team.

The teens used a weather balloon to carry the Lego minifigure and set of cameras, one with a fish-eye lens, into to the stratosphere, ultimately reaching a height of nearly 80,000 feet (24,384 meters) before the balloon burst, according to the Toronto Star . Once the balloon popped, the Lego man and its attached cameras fell back to Earth under a homemade parachute.

Pictures that they have taken:

Photo Credit: Lego Man In Space, Mission Success Album

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Photographer Alan Sailer clearly has a lot of fun using high speed photography to capture awesome images of different objects as they explode. Here you see an apple and a sweet potato each in the middle of a dazzling burst. 

One wonders if the walls of his studio are now coated with a fruit and veggie puree after shooting this series of exploding comestibles. Alans says, “The garage smells sweet. Cheers.”

Visit My Modern Metropolis to see more of Alan’s exploding produce!