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Contact: David Hosansky
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National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Caption: This sunrise launch in Wyoming was part of driftsonde testing during the summer of 2006. The innovative NCAR-designed driftsonde package, which includes a gondola and weather instruments that descend by parachute, was first used for research in Africa in August 2006 with a ballooning system designed by the French space agency, CNES.
Credit: (ŠUCAR, photo by Joe VanAndel.)
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