Does Ice Cream Melt In Outer Space? (REAL)
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I know that hot air rises, but that as it rises it begins to cool which is why the outside air temperature on top of mountains is cooler than at the base. I also know that the air cools roughly 5.4 degrees F per 1000 feet, and a weather balloon rises about 1000 feet per minute. So with that being the case if I sent up an ice cream cone up on a weather balloon would it melt or stay frozen before it got to the edge of space ?
Our weather balloon was launched from Independence, CA at about 3pm PST. It reached an altitude of 97,000 feet about 2 hours later. Once the weather popped at this height it began to descend back towards Earth. However, instead of being blowback into the valley where we launched it from it went 22 miles further east into DEATH VALLEY! After a 3 hour drive and a one-hour hike through the desert at midnight, we finally found our payload! (everything below the balloon). By the time we got back to Los Angeles, the whole crew had been up for over 25 hours straight!
This was by far one of the most fun videos we have ever worked on, and I'm grateful for my amazing crew who helped make it happen!
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