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Solar power

Today we had a whole morning of physics which gave us time to do some stuff we don't normally have time for. Here Adrianna is launching a solar powered balloon. You simply inflate it and leave it in the sun to get warm. Today the conditions were ideal, cold but sunny. The balloon quickly warmed up and rose in the cold surrounding air. When the sun went behing a cloud it came down rather quickly.

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