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| The large balloons will be used to provide internet access to remote or rural areas. (Jon Shenk/AP Photo) |
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Visitors stand
next to a high-altitude Wi-Fi internet hub, a Google Project Loon
balloon, on display at the Airforce Museum in Christchurch
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| Photograph: Marty Melville/AFP/Getty Images |
Google's Tammo Spalink
holds the communications unit (R) with the altitude controller (C) and
Avionics bay (L) during a public display of Google's new high-altitude
Wi-Fi internet hub at the Airforce Museum in Christchurch
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| Photograph: Marty Melville/AFP/Getty Images |
Google's Anton Staff (c) stands in front of the balloon's solar panel as he speaks about Project Loon
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The solar panels that will power the balloons are seen before take-off in Tekapo, New Zealand
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| Photograph: Marty Melville/AFP/Getty Images |
A Project Loon high-altitude balloon is inflated before its launch in Tekapo, New Zealand
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A test balloon floats over New Zealand
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Tania Gilchrist,
who is participating in Google's testing programme, stands next to the
red Google internet receiver attached to her home in Christchurch, New
Zealand
