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2. High-altitude balloon - Wikipedia

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   Geostationary balloon satellites (GBS) are proposed high-altitude balloons that would float in the mid-stratosphere (60,000 to 70,000 feet (18 to 21 km) above sea level) at a fixed point over the Earth's surface and thereby act as an atmospheric satellite. At those altitudes, air density is around 1/15 to 1/20 [37] of what it is at sea level ...

3. Float (liquid level) - Wikipedia

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   A float ball (in orange color) Liquid level floats, also known as float balls, are spherical, cylindrical, oblong or similarly shaped objects, made from either rigid or flexible material, that are buoyant in water and other liquids.

4. Lava balloon - Wikipedia

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   Lava balloons during the 2011–12 El Hierro eruption, floating on discoloured water. A lava balloon is a gas-filled bubble of lava that floats on the sea surface. It can be up to several metres in size. When it emerges from the sea, it is usually hot and often steaming.

5. How Much Does a Float in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day ... - AOL

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   2. Giant Balloons Rack Up Costs of $510,000. Inflating balloons that can stretch up to five or six stories high is seriously expensive. Each balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving parade uses 300,000 ...

6. 'Let's Fly,' the latest exhibition from the Balloon Museum ...

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   Whether that means taking pictures with your head in the clouds — made of balloons, of course — or putting yourself inside a large red balloon, this is a section primarily dedicated to the guests.

7. Jean Piccard - Wikipedia

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   Jean Piccard (left) with his brother Auguste (right) during World War I [7]. In 1935 and 1936, to reduce weight and thus enabling a balloon to reach higher altitudes, plastic balloon construction began independently by Max Cosyns in Belgium, Erich Regener in Germany, and Thomas H. Johnson and Jean Piccard, then at the Franklin Institute's Bartol Research Foundation in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.