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Balloon-telescope snaps photos of sun

You don't need a rocket to send scientific instruments into space. A really big balloon works just as well, according to an international research team that plans to take a closer-than-ever look at the sun. <p><a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_space?a=gHftor"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_space?i=gHftor" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=6Vez5EA"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?i=6Vez5EA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=ayYIulA"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?i=ayYIulA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=iLSjIYa"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?i=iLSjIYa" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=m7HzpUA"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?i=m7HzpUA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=t8OEzqa"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?i=t8OEzqa" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_space/~4/175430460" height="1" width="1"/>