Showing posts with label helium. Show all posts
Showing posts with label helium. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

HOW THEY FLOAT

 

Most of us have seen the big helium-filled balloons at parades or other events but I’ve never seen how they get their lift. I came up from the train station downtown and found this. Those cylinders must be three by three or maybe four. I could not see an outlet and, try as I might. I could not see a connection point to the balloons themselves. Then there is the question of how the helium is produced and compressed into the tanks.