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Riley Laflin, a sophomore at Mount Blue High School, releases a scientific balloon at Prescott Field in Farmington on Wednesday. The balloon, launched by students from Mount Blue, Westbrook and Winthrop high schools, traveled to an altitude of 100,000 feet carrying seeds, bacteria, sea monkeys and other experiment subjects. The students studying astrobiology and high altitude ballooning will examine the effects of high altitude, low temperature and intense ultraviolet radiation on their subjects.
Students from Mount Blue, Westbrook and Winthrop high schools prepare a high altitude balloon for launch on Wednesday. The balloon, which took off from Prescott Field in Farmington, traveled to an altitude of 100,000 feet carrying seeds, bacteria, sea monkeys and other experiment subjects. The students studying astrobiology and high altitude ballooning will examine the effects of high altitudes, low temperature and intense ultraviolet radiation on their subjects.
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