Balloons designed to carry meteorological instruments and a radio tracking device
Balloons, Sounding
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Weatherman Tony Williams preparing a weather balloon
Date: 11 December 1997
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Giblin, Ross, active 1980s-2000s
Reference: EP/1998/0278-F
Description: Weatherman Tony Williams preparing a weather balloon. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Ross Giblin on the 11th of December 1997. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler film negative, 35mm
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Bob Lamb attaching a radiosonde to a weather balloon, Campbell Island
Date: [ca 1959]
From: Poppleton, Philip George :Photographs of Campbell Island
Reference: PA12-1423-024
Description: Bob Lamb, meteorological observer, attaching a radiosonde to a weather balloon prior to flight at Campbell Island. Photograph taken in the late 1950s by George Poppleton. Bob Lamb was a descendent of the butcher on the Bounty, who was cast away along with Bligh. Quantity: 1 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: 35mm colour slide
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A 1000 gram weather balloon being filled with hydrogen, Campbell Island
Date: [ca 1958]
From: Poppleton, Philip George :Photographs of Campbell Island
Reference: PA12-1423-023
Description: Graham Smith, senior meteorological observer, filling a 1000 gram weather balloon with hydrogen at Campbell Island. Photograph taken in the late 1950s by George Poppleton. Quantity: 1 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: 35mm colour slide