Down-to-the-earth

Three ground anchors were inserted to ensure a safe fix point for the HoloBalloon. The anchors were hammered three meters deep into the ground.

One ground anchor stopped moving after around one meter, probably because of a large rock. It was really hard to remove the ground anchor. The small digger was not enough, but luckily a larger machine from the gravel plant was available. Seeing how hard it was to remove a anchor which is only one meter deep into the ground build up trust that the ground anchor will safely keep the HoloBalloon down-to-the-earth.

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A new instrument is born

The first impression of the new holographic imager HOLIMO designed for the HoloBalloon platform.

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Field site Aarwangen inspection

This place will be our home for the field campaign in January/February 2018. Even as it does not look very cosy, it is well suited for the campaign. It has a flat area of around 30 m diameter, the stony ground do not get muddy in the winter and it is surrounded by a fence as it is inside a gravel plant. We just do not have power, so we need a generator to produce our own power.

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V8 power

V8 power for the winch of HoloBalloon. I f***ing love Science.

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Size of the HoloBalloon

Compared to a cat it is big.

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Nuclear button

Not only Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un have one.

We also have a “Nuclear button”

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Die Wolkenfängerin

Werkstattgespräch mit Ulrike Lohmann über unsere Messungen auf der Eggishorn Seilbahn.

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