This is pretty much *exactly* what I never photograph

 AARRRGH, aircraft, awesomeness, photography, rockets, spacecraft
Jul 172011
 

Shuttle Atlantis final launch as seen above clouds from commercial plane

I took the liberty of stitching together a few frames into one vertical panorama:

 Posted by at 6:34 pm

  4 Responses to “This is pretty much *exactly* what I never photograph”

  1. Pat Flannery says:
    July 17, 2011 at 7:49 pm

    The students down in Florida got a nice shot of it from their high altitude balloon also:
    http://twitpic.com/5o5qbg
    Video of the launch from the ET camera showed that the exhaust trail cast a really impressive shadow on the clouds under it as it ascended.

  2. Michel Van says:
    July 17, 2011 at 8:27 pm

    nice Picture !

  3. Murgatroyd says:
    July 19, 2011 at 1:37 am

    Beautiful! You did a great job on stitching together those images.

  4. Jeff Wright says:
    July 23, 2011 at 10:21 am

    And here is the re-entry photo from ISS
    http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/573233main_image_2014_946-710.jpg

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