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Document Title: Vin Lally with GHOST balloon transmitter, 1968 (DI02117)
Description: Vin Lally, a pioneer in the application and development of superpressure balloons for worldwide atmospheric measurements, is shown here with a GHOST balloon transmitter. In 1965, he helped launch the first GHOST (Global Horizontal Sounding Technique) balloon to circumnavigate the world. The GHOST balloons provided atmospheric measurements over the Southern Hemisphere. The longest flight lasted 744 days, circling Earth some 31 times.
Creditline: copyright University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Keywords: 1968,balloons,DI02117,GHOST,history,Neg. 608,people,research equipment,scientist,Vin Lally
Filename: DI02117.tif