LONDON — A British novelist and graphic artist have posted some amazing footage of a tandoori lamb chop making its way towards space.

Nikesh Shukla and Nick Hearne attached a hunk of meat from East London's famous Tayyabs restaurant to a helium balloon, added a video camera, and released it into the air.

The balloon then rose at 325 metres (1,000 ft) per minute for 95 minutes before bursting, severing GPS contact with ground control.

The team thought they'd never recover the video from the intrepid mission.

Five months later, though, they were approached by a farmer in Dorset who had found the wreckage of their flying machine and they discovered 100 minutes of jaw-dropping footage from the balloon's 25,000 metre (32,000 ft) ascent, showing its journey from a diner's plate to the skies.

The stunt was filmed to promote Nikesh Shukla's novel Meatspace.