The photo shows the remains of a high altitude balloon just after it burst far above the Thessalian Plain of northern Greece. This was Greece’s first suborbital photography project. The project that launched the balloon is referred to as SlaRos (Tesla,Ikaros); the mission is called Stratonauts. Mount Olympus is beneath the clouds at top left – to the left of the balloon is the Aegean Sea.
Are you afraid of insects and other creepy crawlers? Look at these photos and decide for yourself whether you want to meet these monsters live. Perhaps not all of them are dangerous, but the sight of them causes goose bumps.
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