shuttle Discovery launch for (MagikUnicorn) by danapommet
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This is a launch of the shuttle Discovery but not todays launch. This is from March 15, 2009 with my old Minolta. I like this shot because they do not blast off straight up. The moment they lift off, the earth is rotating out from under the shuttle so it looks like it launches in an arc. Chip (Chipka) could explain it better that I. It was an evening launch so the vapor trail catches the sunset.
Magik is a wonderful artist and I love his work. He went through my online photo gallery, picked out his favorites and made a video for me. If you have the interest, check it out:
http://www.tubewatcher.tv/13006
If you check it out, let me know what you think! Thank you Magik - you are a wonderful friend.
Thanks for stopping by, taking a look and for all your previous favs and comments.
They are very much appreciated.
Dana
Comments (36)
jocko500
wow so wonderful. mean the earth is moving fast then
npauling
An excellent capture of this launch and I like it's firey tail.
Chipka
Yeah, I love the way these sucker roll...now if only they were actually useful...for as spectacular as space shuttles are, they're something of a fleet of white elephants. Well...pretty fleet of white elephants. This is an amazing shot, and I love the vapor trail. I've never seen an actual launch, despite my love of them. Oh well...at least I can look at great pictures like this. I love the way that this (and MagicUnicorn's post) are wonderful bookends commemorating NASA's most spectacular follies. Don't get me wrong, I like the space shuttles, and yeah, they roll dramatically, inserting themselves into proper orbital angles and all of that fun stuff...but their orbits are just too low for real usefulness. Oh well...at least they look good going up, and they did make use of some pretty snazzy ablative shielding. That's the real benefit of the manned space program...the spinoffs, just check out Ray Ban and Victoria's Secret to find some of the most useful manned space program spinoffs. And now that the shuttles are a nearly extinct breed, I can only hope that somewhere down the line, NASA and even private agencies can get together and build real spacecraft that can at least get half way to the moon. This is a great shot, I must say, and despite my disappointment with the "Manned" Space Program, it's a capture of glories that could--in the future--be commonplace again. Really nice work here.
Katraz
This is something I would love to see.
gonzojr
Fantastic capture!! I was on site to see the first night flight.
junge1
Fantasti capture Dana. I had always wanted to see a lunch but never did. In January 1986 our unit took a tanker down to Florida and they managed to watch the launch. Unfortunately they saw the whole distater unfold in front of them when the shuttle blew up.