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DIY of The Decade: Pixar's UP House Comes to Life

Mar 12, 2011 05:30 PM

Truly spectacular and one the most breathtaking DIY endeavors to grace the front page of WonderHowTo, a recreation of Pixar's UP house was launched to an altitude of 10,000 feet in a private airfield near Los Angeles this past week. The project was executed by a team of engineers, scientists and veteran balloon pilots—(meaning, please, Do Not Try This at Home).

A house being lifted into the sky by a bunch of colorful balloons.

The 18' tall 16' X 16' house, tethered to 300 8' diameter weather balloons, flew for an hour before returning to land, securing the world record for the largest flight of balloons in a cluster. The event was filmed for an upcoming National Geographic series, How Hard Can It Be?, which will premiere this fall. Based on this initial glimpse and the title of the show, it sounds like an AMAZING series.

Colorful balloons lifting a small basket into a clear blue sky.

Colorful balloons lifting a small cabin into the sky.

Colorful balloons floating above a desert landscape under a cloudy sky.

A yellow house lifted by a cluster of colorful balloons against a clear blue sky.

Colorful balloons suspended from the ceiling viewed from below.

People gathering around large colorful balloons at night near a house.

Colorful balloons floating above a whimsical structure at dusk.

A person sitting on a rooftop tethered to a large cluster of colorful balloons.

VIA My Modern Met

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