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Discovery Project Earth: Balloon Cam Raw
A camera attached to a balloon on the "Orbital Power Plant" shoot floats into space then crashes down to Earth. The timelapse is drawn from 5 hours of footage.
Added: Aug 19, 2008
Views: 14758 Views
Runtime: 02:29
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