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Post by pat perry on Feb 20, 2014 4:26:52 GMT 9
These Go-Pro cameras are selling fast and the buyers are the company's best advertizers. Pat P. news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/02/140203-skydive-felix-baumgartner-new-video-adventurer-space/The world held its breath when Felix Baumgartner jumped from the edge of space on October 12, 2012, falling from an altitude of 24.2 miles to Earth. And now there's a Baumgartner's-eye view of his epic fall—including a dizzying spin. A new video clip was released this weekend during a Super Bowl XLVIII commercial for GoPro cameras; seven cameras were used to capture Baumgartner's point of view. The Super Bowl ad showed six seconds, but a longer video of the jump has been released. Before the previously unreleased footage starts, there's a historic clip of Baumgartner's predecessor, Joe Kittinger, suiting up for his jump from 31 kilometers (20 miles) up in 1960. Kittinger trained Baumgartner and was his guiding voice as he prepared to jump. Baumgartner broke the record for skydiving and became the first person to break the speed of sound. He was chosen as the National Geographic People's Choice Adventurer of the Year 2013 and was interviewed last year after his jump. There are more Nat Geo videos after this one. |
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Post by Gene on Feb 20, 2014 8:44:03 GMT 9
all I can say is WoW!!! I still remember my first jump...and that was at 4000 agl.... just think if those cameras and that clarity was available back in '69... this clip is cooler than any sci fi movie iv ever seen...
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