
although I wonder if it's partly clever effects. I mean, you can see the curvature of the earth in some parts yet they're not wearing pressure suits/oxygen masks.
( , Wed 17 Aug 2011, 11:17, Reply)

they are far too hard for such life saving equipment.
( , Wed 17 Aug 2011, 11:21, Reply)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrBZeWjGjl8
which has footage of Joe Kittinger's Project Excelsior skydive from 1960 which still holds the skydiving altitiude record
( , Wed 17 Aug 2011, 11:23, Reply)

Those must be "normal" (?) launches from abt 4.000 feet.
The surreal effect is given by a strong lens distortion and by the video being slowed down.
at 0:10, for example, you see the trousers waving in the wind. In real life, they shake as hell.
And no plane would be able to take the so high :-)
Very nice shots, anyway!
( , Wed 17 Aug 2011, 13:46, Reply)