PHOTO GALLERY: MU engineering students release weather balloon experiment

May 5, 2012 | 7:19 p.m. CDT

MU engineering students release a weather balloon on the Missouri practice football field Saturday. They connected a camera to the balloon and will use the images to study the curve of the earth.

Engineering students prepare to release their weather balloon as friends watch and take photos. The team covered the balloon with a tarp to ensure it didn't fly away while they were filling it up. | Nick Agro

MU engineering students Mark Hansen and Andrew Kitson fill up a weather balloon with helium on the Missouri practice football field Saturday morning. | Nick Agro

A team member prepares the housing for the camera to be attached to the weather balloon on the Missouri practice football field Saturday morning. The students wrote "Harmless Science Project" on the box so no one would be alarmed if they found the mysterious box on the side of the road. | Nick Agro

Engineering students release a weather balloon with a camera attached on the MU practice football field Saturday. | Nick Agro

Engineering students Andrew Kitson and Matthew Muenks look up as their weather balloon rises into the sky Saturday. Attached to the balloon is a camera meant to capture photos of the curve of the Earth. | Nick Agro