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originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: peaceinoutz
Yes, because that’s the way the jet stream moved. The jet stream comes out of Asia and drops down near Hawaii without quite getting to Hawaii, then curves up towards Alaska, before curving back over Canada into Montana and the Dakotas, where it curves back up over the Great Lakes. So anything that crossed Asia, or came from Asia would end up near Alaska and Canada.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: deepgreen
It's called a Pico balloon, and they're pretty common among hobby groups. It uses a very small instrument package to monitor the weather, and then transmit data over radio frequencies. They're solar powered so they can operate indefinitely theoretically. Ham radio operators launch them and see how far they go. One went around the world six times over 75 days.
Pico balloons.