Aug 102014
An official NASA photo of the Space Shuttle Atlantis landing for the last time in 2011. This was a night landing; consequently the lighting was artificial. It appears that the light came from close to directly behind the camera, resulting in some interesting reflections, such as off the injector plates inside the SSME’s.
The condensation trails forming off the low-pressure regions above the wingtips are pretty nifty too.
The full-rez uncropped photo is available at the link above.
