Watch a hydrogen-filled weather balloon launch (IMAGE)

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

Watch a hydrogen-filled weather balloon launch

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Watch a GIF of a hydrogen-filled weather balloon launching from a Sandia National Laboratories-operated atmospheric measurement facility in Alaska. In the past three and a half years, they have launched nearly 5,000 balloons and saved taxpayers more than $200,000 in helium and shipping costs.

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GIF by Craig Fritz, original video by Fred Helsel/Sandia National Laboratories

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