High Altitude Balloon 18 (Infrared Camera) Dwayne Kellum 2019-01-08 | This is the video recorded by the camera with the 1000nm infrared filter and a 7.2mm lens. The comparison video was shot with a camera placed next to it in the capsule. That camera had a 5.4mm lens. The infrared camera has a tighter shot than the comparison camera. The Launch took place in Santa Nella, Ca. on 10 Nov. 2018 at 6:55am. Landed in mountains Northeast of Idria, Ca.There were fires burning in California at the time of the launch and all of central California was covered in thick smoke. The smoke obstructed the view of the cameras. I will redo this experiment and use two cameras with lenses that have the same focal length. Both cameras will have infrared filters, one with a 950nm, and the other with a 1000nm. I might install a third camera without filter for a comparison shot.
I was fired today. Part 3 Dwayne Kellum 2022-08-15 | Update on what has been going on after being fired from VTA for not following C-19 mask policy.
Jupiter Saturn Conjunction 21 Dec 2020 Dwayne Kellum 2020-12-22 | Jupiter Saturn Conjunction 21 Dec 2020 about 17:55 in Mountain Grove, Mo.
I was fired today. Part 2 Dwayne Kellum 2020-12-15 | What we are doing after I was fired from my job at VTA for standing by my principles, and not following the crowd over the covid cliff. youtube.com/channel/UC-cOYwj-yAjZ2J71vuhV0BA/about?
Our Garden Dwayne Kellum 2020-07-10 | Life is good especially when you don't focus on the negative fear pumped at us on a daily bases from the media and its controllers.Turn off the TV and Enjoy Life.
High Altitude Balloon 25 Dwayne Kellum 2020-06-21 | Flight 25 Date: 8 May 2020 Time 06:32:31Launch Location Santa Nella, Ca.Landed about 35 Miles Southeast of Los Banos, Ca. loonatec.comyoutu.be/TbPvEMIw-28insta360.com/product/insta360-oneThe tail fins on the capsule failed at take off and put capsule into a spin for a while, but it settled down about five minuets or so into the flight.The missions for this flight were to test rocket thrust at altitude above 100,000 feet, and to test a new capsule release system that was installed for this flight.The capsule release device is designed by a company call Balloon Ascent Technologies. The device I used is called Bounder it can be purchased at: loonatec.com/product/bounderThe device worked perfectly on the flight and performed the functions that were programed into it.The device has many features one of the functions is called Geo Fence. This feature allows you to program a designated safe area the balloon can travel. If the balloon travels off course it will automatically release the capsule so that it will land safely.This flight had a max ceiling of 120,000 feet I programed the Bounder to release the capsule at that altitude, however the balloon flew off coarse and the Bounder device released the capsule at about 36790 feet when the balloon exited the area I programed into the device. The capsule landed safely in a field about 20 miles southeast of Los Banos, Ca. We tracked the capsule the entire flight and we were at the landing site when the capsule landed. You can see our pickup truck on the road just before the capsule touch down.The computer controlling the rock thrust experiment was programed to start the motor at 110,000 feet and since the capsule never reached that altitude the rocket motor wasn't switch on. I will reschedule this experiment for another flight. I only have two balloons left so I may have too include it on a flight running another experiment.The video from the other cameras on this flight will be released later I need time to edit the footage from all the cameras together and overlay telemetry data onto the video.You can change the view of this video with the control on the screen.Enjoy Dwayne
Fire Santa Nella Ca. 09 May 2020 Dwayne Kellum 2020-05-11 | There was a fire in Santa Nella, Ca. 09 May 2020. Fire started about 14:00 PDT. Not sure what started the fire. Power was shutdown for several hours while fire department put the fire out.Here are a few shots of what we witnessed.
High Altitude Balloon 25 (360 Camera) Dwayne Kellum 2020-05-10 | This is footage taken with the (Insta360 ONE) camera on board HAB 25. The balloon capsule contained three other cameras, a Sony Camcorder and two Go Pros. The flight took off from a field west of our neighborhood in Santa Nella, Ca. on 08 May 2020 at about 06:30 PDT. The capsule landed safely in a field southeast of Los Banos, Ca. about 07:40 PDT The tail fins on the capsule failed at take off and put capsule into a spin for a while, but it settled down about five minuets or so into the flight.The missions for this flight were to test rocket thrust at altitude above 100,000 feet, and to test a new capsule release system that was installed for this flight.The capsule release device is designed by a company call Balloon Ascent Technologies. The device I used is called Bounder it can be purchased at: loonatec.com/product/bounderThe device worked perfectly on the flight and performed the functions that were programed into it.The device has many features one of the functions is called Geo Fence. This feature allows you to program a designated safe area the balloon can travel. If the balloon travels off course it will automatically release the capsule so that it will land safely.This flight had a max ceiling of 120,000 feet I programed the Bounder to release the capsule at that altitude, however the balloon flew off coarse and the Bounder device released the capsule at about 36790 feet when the balloon exited the area I programed into the device. The capsule landed safely in a field about 20 miles southeast of Los Banos, Ca. We tracked the capsule the entire flight and we were at the landing site when the capsule landed. You can see our pickup truck on the road just before the capsule touch down.The computer controlling the rock thrust experiment was programed to start the motor at 110,000 feet and since the capsule never reached that altitude the rocket motor wasn't switch on. I will reschedule this experiment for another flight. I only have two balloons left so I may have too include it on a flight running another experiment.The video from the other cameras on this flight will be released later I need time to edit the footage from all the cameras together and overlay telemetry data onto the video.You can change the view of this video with the control on the screen.Enjoy Dwayne
Military Air Craft over Santa Nella Ca. April 1st and 3rd 2020 Dwayne Kellum 2020-05-06 | Military Air Craft fly over 1st and 3rd April 2020
Military Style Helicopter Flying low over our Neighborhood Dwayne Kellum 2020-01-23 | Military Style Helicopter from County Sheriff Flying low over our Neighborhood.Santa Nella, Ca.
How to download high quality version of High Altitude Balloon 24 with LBRY Dwayne Kellum 2019-08-22 | This video will show how you can view and download full quality version of High Altitude Balloon 24 (I See Stars) using LBRY. The YouTube version is highly compressed and doesn't show all the details of the video. The version I uploaded to LBRY is not compressed and will show full detail. I hope you like it.If you don't have Lbry installed on you computer you can get it at lbry.com After that you can access my main page by typing this in the Lbry search box: Dwayne_Kellum
High Altitude Balloon 24 (I_See_Stars!) Dwayne Kellum 2019-07-28 | This was the second flight with the new camera Sony A7s II. Also on board was a Go Pro Hero 4 Black. The hero 4 was used to gauge the performance of the Sony. The Sony camera setting were as follows:F stop (auto most of the flight was F1.8), Focus (manual too infinity), ISO 102400, Lens Sony FE 50mm F1.8The GoPro Hero 4 Black had a fix focus 5.4mm lens F stop F2.8 ISO was 6400.The flight was launched from a field South of Dos Palos, Ca. on 24 July 2019 at about 02:42am PDT, and Landed in a Almond grove south of Patterson, Ca. I haven't had time to analyze video yet, but while viewing through the footage I notice something interesting. When the sun got close to stars it seemed to switch them off. It seemed as though the energy from the sun effected the light from the stars even when the stars were still in darkness. I will do a complete analysis of this video and upload my results on my next video.
High Altitude Balloon 18 Dwayne Kellum 2018-12-29 | Date of Launch 10 November 2018Max Altitude 114709 FeetLaunch Location Santa Nella, Ca.Landing Site about 20 miles NE of Idria, Ca.4 Cameras onboard:1 GoPro Hero 3 Silver with 4.35mm Lens (Top View)1 GoPro Hero 4 Black with 4.35mm Lens (Rocket View)1 GoPro Hero 4 Black with 7.2mm Lens (Infrared View)1 GoPro Hero 4 Black with 5.4mm Lens (Comparison View For IR Camera)Tracking:1 Spot Tracker1 Tracksoar Radio TrackerData Logger:Z Log 7 (Hexpert Systems)Rocket Motor:A3-4TNote:No outside temperature recorded on this flight. I purchase new temperature sensor and will include it on next flight.Good Neighbor:Owner of Panoche Inn Name is Sam.
High Altitude Balloon 17 Dwayne Kellum 2018-12-15 | High Altitude Balloon 17Launched from Santa Nella, Ca. on 26 Oct. 2018 at 13:17 PDT.Landed Northeast of Firebaugh, Ca. 26 Oct. 2018 at 15:55 PDT.Maximum Altitude 96,225 Feet.One Camera onboard GoPro Hero 4 Black with a 5.4mm Lens.Goal, Test new cut down procedure.Here is something interesting that I didn't mention in the video. The temperature swing.At launch the Temperature was about 87 degrees F. The coldest temperature recorded during accent was at a altitude of about 50,117 feet GPS with a temperature around -35 degrees F. Than the temperature started warming back up to a temperature around 23 degrees F at burst altitude 96,225 feet. The temperature started dropping as the capsule approached 53,000 feet Barometric the GPS wasn't working correctly because it lost its lock. The temperature bottomed out around -40 at this time. The temperature began to rise again the closer the capsule got to the ground. My data logger failed at about 50,000 feet so I don't know what the temperature was at landing site but temperature was in the 80's that day. When the data logger failed towards the end of the flight I used the data recorded from my radio tracker, that device dose not record temperature and the last track I got from that device was a little under 900 feet.
High Altitude Balloon 16 Dwayne Kellum 2018-09-26 | This was our second attempt too break the latex balloon altitude record. The balloon payload reached 125,579 feet. Combine weight of capsule and parachute was only 700 grams (1.5 Lbs.). The Balloon Used was a Hwoyee 1600 gram. The camera was Go Pro Hero 4 Black with a 5.4mm Lens.
High Altitude Balloon 15 (Infrared Camera) Dwayne Kellum 2018-09-08 | This is the first time we used Hydrogen as a lift gas for our Weather Balloon Experiments. The Balloon Reached an Altitude of 115,220 feet. The main experiment was to record video in the infrared spectrum. There were two GoPro Hero 4 Black cameras on board both had 4.35mm lenses. One had a 950 nm infrared filter the other had no filter. The video will show two versions in infrared one color the other B & W. The camera with no filter will show in color only. The flight took place on August 3 2018 and lunched from a field west of our neighborhood in Santa Nella, Ca.
The Water Above Dwayne Kellum 2018-08-12 | This is a observation I made while working with a infrared camera. It seems that there is water above the sky. Here is what I found.Dan Dimensionyoutube.com/watch?v=3GZhj9BbIXcJTolan Media1youtube.com/watch?v=1s6n7j-vC2s
High Altitude Balloon 14 Dwayne Kellum 2018-07-28 | This was going to be the second test flight for the Lunar Eclipse Experiment I had planned for on 27 July 2018 it did not launch do to a accident before launch. Location was a field west of our home in Santa Nella Ca. Launch time was secluded for 3:30 am PDT
High Altitude Balloon 13 Dwayne Kellum 2018-05-30 | This was a test flight for a up coming launch. I needed to test new capsule design and Gimbal.
High Altitude Balloon 12 Lunar Eclipse 31 Jan 2018 Dwayne Kellum 2018-02-17 | High Altitude Balloon 12 Lunar Eclipse 31 Jan 2018.Launch Location was Modesto Reservoir close to Waterford, Ca.Landed on Farmland close to Firebaugh, Ca.Data Computer ZLog-7 module
High Altitude Balloon 11 Solar Eclipse 21 Aug 2017 Dwayne Kellum 2017-09-20 | High Altitude Balloon 11 Solar Eclipse 21 Aug 2017 launch. Salem, Or.
High Altitude Balloon 10 test for Solar Eclipse Dwayne Kellum 2017-08-15 | This was a test flight for next week solar eclipse. The balloon reach a altitude of a little over 117,200 feet. I will be installing a gimbal for the eclipse flight next week
Night Sky 21 July 2017 Dwayne Kellum 2017-07-24 | This is last recording of the Night Sky I will be recording for this series I may do more in the future. I will put together a rap up of all the videos in this series soon. The recording was done at sun set in the western sky above my home. Camera use was a GoPro Hero 4 Black. Lens 7.2 mm.
Night Sky 20 July 2017 Northern Sky Dwayne Kellum 2017-07-23 | Time Lapse of Northern Sky Location Santa Nella, Ca. 20 July 2017. Taken with a GoPro Hero 4 Black with a 7.2mm lens. One frame every ten seconds.
Night 19 July 2017 Fail Dwayne Kellum 2017-07-21 | The wind blew over the camera while it was recording this one. I got some good footage from two angles on this one. Enjoy.
Night Sky 17 July 2017 North East Dwayne Kellum 2017-07-20 | This is the northeastern sky taken 17 July 2017 at Santa Nella, Ca.Recorded with a GoPro Hero 4 Black camera with a 7.2mm lens.Frame rate 1 frame every 10 seconds. This one turned out great so I decided to do one do north there a lot of action going in his part of the sky. I completed the launch of balloon 10 with have something from it up soon.
Night Sky 16 July 2017 redo easttern sky Dwayne Kellum 2017-07-17 | This is a redo of the eastern sky the earlier had cloud cover and light noise from street lights. This time I had a clear night and I elevated the camera to about 65 degrees above the horizon to reduce light noise. Camera used was a GoPro Hero 4 Black with a 7.2mm lens. Location Santa Nella, Ca.
Night Sky 14 July 2017 Stars and Moon Travel (Re encoded Version) Dwayne Kellum 2017-07-15 | I'm re uploading this video the previous version quality was lower than I expected so I re encoded this vision I also took out narration.This the third recording in this series. Camera facing South Southeast about 40 degrees above horizon. Location Santa Nella, Ca. Camera Used GoPro Hero 4 Black With 7.2 mm Lens. Best Viewed in 4k on a large monitor.
Night Sky 13 July 2017 (Moon & Sun Rise) Dwayne Kellum 2017-07-14 | This is the second in the night sky series. I will have too redo this one do to cloud cover and light noise. I find it interesting that the moon and stars seem to be traveling at same speed and direction. Camera used was a GoPro Hero 4 Black with a 7.2mm lens. Recorded at my house in Santa Nella, Ca. 13 July 2017.
Night Sky 12 July 2017 Dwayne Kellum 2017-07-14 | Time Lapse of night sky over Santa Nella, Ca. recorded with GoPro Hero 4 Black With a 7.2mm lens. The camera was pointed straight up. The top of the Frame is East the bottom is West to your right is North to your left is South.
High Altitude Balloon 9 Dwayne Kellum 2017-07-08 | This was the first test flight for the up coming Aug. Solar Eclipse. I wanted to test the solar filter but I forgot to turn on that camera. I will do that test later this month on my second test flight. This flight had two cameras on board both had 7.2mm Flat lenses also on board were two trackers, a spot tracker, and a Tbeacon. The spot tracker failed but I was able to locate the payload with the Tbeacon. It also carried a Eagle Flight Data Computer. I used the data from that computer for the video overlay. I used Dashware software and Magix Movie Edit Pro to make this video.
Jerans challenge and Wolfie 6020 responce proves the Earth to be Stationary Part 2 Dwayne Kellum 2017-06-23 | This is part two of the video I upload yesterday about the movement or lack of movement of the earth.I made an error on this experiment please click on following link: youtube.com/watch?v=t9v9MvaHCwU
Jerans challenge and Wolfie 6020 response proves the Earth to be Stationary part 1 Dwayne Kellum 2017-06-22 | The Earth is Stationary. Here is the proof.I made an error on this experiment please click on following link: youtube.com/watch?v=t9v9MvaHCwU&lc=z22gebqoiqzyhvce0acdp4323r0epnq10rmxfekvjppw03c010c&feature=em-comments
How to Build, Launch, and Recover a High Altitude Balloon. Dwayne Kellum 2017-06-17 | I've been asked to make a How to build a High Altitude Balloon video so I documented the process I took in building my latest balloon launch video High Altitude Balloon 9. This Launch was done to test equipment for the up coming solar eclipse video I hope you find it informative.
Solar Filter Test 4 through 8 Dwayne Kellum 2017-06-07 | Test For the up coming Solar Eclipse Balloon Launch. After I finish ground test I will send up one to two capsules before the Solar Eclipse in August
High Altitude Balloon 8 Aniversary Launch Dwayne Kellum 2017-05-10 | At about 1:01:08 you can see a jet plane fly by.This is one year anniversary launch. The goals for this launch was to test repairs to Garmin camera and achieve a altitude of 150,000 feet.My son and his wife flew out form Texas for this launch and we had fun doing the launch.I want to make this channel a place where people can express there views on the topics I put out but, after reviewing some of the comments on my channel and seeing the name calling and cursing I have decided to block derogatory language, so keep it PG 13 and treat each other with respect. Thanks for keeping your comments respectful. Dwayne Samuel Kellum
High Altitude Balloon 7 (Gopro Hero 3 & 4 Cameras) Dwayne Kellum 2017-02-27 | This is the Jan. 30, 2017 launch from Los Banos, Ca. The cameras used were Go Pro Hero 3 Silver (Top-view) and Go Pro Hero 4 Black (Side-view). The Cameras were located inside the payload bay close too the mp3 player and recorded sound experiment for the entire trip.I want to make this channel a place where people can express there views on the topics I put out but, after reviewing some of the comments on my channel and seeing the name calling and cursing I have decided to block derogatory language, so keep it PG 13 and treat each other with respect. Thanks for keeping your comments respectful. Dwayne Samuel Kellum
High Altitude Balloon 7 (Camera GVXE1) Dwayne Kellum 2017-02-11 | This is the first of three cameras I used on this launch. I had to change this video and mute parts of it because victor entertainment didn't want me to play an old Japanese folk song on this video. Sorry about that. Anyway hope you enjoy it. Camera used was a Garmin Virb XE with a 5.4mm lens.I want to make this channel a place where people can express there views on the topics I put out but, after reviewing some of the comments on my channel and seeing the name calling and cursing I have decided to block derogatory language, so keep it PG 13 and treat each other with respect. Thanks for keeping your comments respectful. Dwayne Samuel Kellum
High Altitude Balloon 7 (Sucess with difficulity) Dwayne Kellum 2017-02-07 | This is a brief video of what happened before and after the launch of Balloon 7 I'm working on getting the three videos up soon.I want to make this channel a place where people can express there views on the topics I put out but, after reviewing some of the comments on my channel and seeing the name calling and cursing I have decided to block derogatory language, so keep it PG 13 and treat each other with respect. Thanks for keeping your comments respectful. Dwayne Samuel Kellum
A possible cause for ocean tides on a flat earth. Dwayne Kellum 2017-01-11 | This is a science fair project my son performed last year. It got me thinking about the ocean tides and what could cause them. It deals with the magnetic properties of water.I want to make this channel a place where people can express there views on the topics I put out but, after reviewing some of the comments on my channel and seeing the name calling and cursing I have decided to block derogatory language, so keep it PG 13 and treat each other with respect. Thanks for keeping your comments respectful. Dwayne Samuel Kellum
High Altitude Balloon 6 (in the land of the lost) Dwayne Kellum 2016-11-27 | This is my 6th launch things didn't go as planed but I'm confident we will find the payload.I want to make this channel a place where people can express there views on the topics I put out on this channel. After reviewing some of the comments on my channel and seeing the name calling and cursing I have decided to block derogatory language so keep it PG 13 and treat each other with respect. Thanks for keeping comments respectful.Dwayne Samuel Kellum
Sun Time Lapse Test 7 Dwayne Kellum 2016-10-07 | Time lapse sun recorded 5 Oct. 2016. Ioptron telescope with a TSF60 solar filter. Record with Gopro Hero 4 Black camera with a 5.4mm lens. interval 1 frame every 10 sec.I want to make this channel a place where people can express there views on the topics I put out on this channel. After reviewing some of the comments on my channel and seeing the name calling and cursing I have decided to block derogatory language so keep it PG 13 and treat each other with respect. Thanks for keeping comments respectful.Dwayne Samuel Kellum
Sun Time Lapse Test 5 Dwayne Kellum 2016-10-04 | Test recording time lapse sun with solar filter and telescope
High Altitude Balloon 4 Sunrise (top view) Dwayne Kellum 2016-09-26 | Here is the top view of High Altitude Balloon 4 I will upload a high lights version of both views later. I will redo this launch next month after correcting defects.
Star Light Test 2 Dwayne Kellum 2016-08-31 | This time I didn't enhance the video there were about 3300 frames taken. frame interval 15 sec. I also added a song to this video. It is called Calm By Silent Partner and is available on YouTube.
Star light time lapse test 1 Dwayne Kellum 2016-08-30 | Testing camera ability to record stars with light noise present. I recorded over 13000 pictures for this test from dusk to dawn 27 Aug 2016 in Santa Nella, Ca. I am comparing video quality between YouTube up load and original video encoded on my computer. May make adjustment to future test.
High Altitude Balloon 1 Downward View Dwayne Kellum 2016-06-29 | This is the downward facing camera from my first Launch. It was recorded with a Go Pro Hero 3 Silver with a 4.35mm lens.
High Altitude Ballon 3 (Camera H3) Dwayne Kellum 2016-06-28 | This is the third camera from High Altitude Balloon 3 It was recorded with Go Pro Hero 3 silver with a 5.4mm lens. Launch from Santa Nella, Ca. Landed at Ceres, Ca. on June 21 2016 Maximum Altitude was 114,996.1 feet. I've been asked what I used to make the videos, here is a list of the major items Go Pro Hero 3 silver, Go Pro Hero 4 black, Sony HDR-AS15, 4.35 mm lens, 5.4mm lens, two backup batteries, Data recorder, GPS tracker, Aviditi 214C Insulated Shipping Containers, 7 foot parachute, audible beacon for rockets, two ball bearing swivels, paracord, Hwoyee 2000g balloon, balloon helium 300 cylinder, and for my last launch, radar reflector,and 4 warning lights, software, windows movie maker, Magix video pro premium 2015, Microsoft windows 7 and ASTRA High Altitude Balloon Flight Planner. It will cost about $2200 to get started.
High Altitude balloon 3 Top ViewS1 (Enhanced) Dwayne Kellum 2016-06-26 | This is the second camera from Balloon 3 it is the top view. You will see some interesting things at the higher altitudes. The balloon launched from Santa Nella, Ca. and landed in Ceres, Ca. about 40 miles as the crow flies. Maximum Altitude was 114,995.1 feet. Video recorded with a Sony HDR-AS15 camera with a 4.35mm lens. I enhanced this video to better see stars at beginning let me know if you like this or the original better. Also at about the 1:49:49 mark I think you can hear train horns are maybe ship horns.
