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Posted by NikonGuy
 - May 14, 2010, 08:56:58 PM
Quote from: Realbigtaco on May 14, 2010, 01:08:00 PM
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Posted by Realbigtaco
 - May 14, 2010, 01:08:00 PM
Quote from: phantomphan1974 on May 14, 2010, 11:54:27 AM
It was a great launch today.  Watched it during my lunch in the car.  1 more to go. :'(   :-\   :(
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Posted by phantomphan1974
 - May 14, 2010, 11:54:27 AM
It was a great launch today.  Watched it during my lunch in the car.  1 more to go. :'(   :-\   :(
Posted by Midnight Mover
 - May 12, 2010, 06:46:56 PM
Quote from: gfydad on May 12, 2010, 12:54:19 AM
Great shots!  <thumbup>
Sure hate to see the program end with no follow on ready to go on the U.S. end of things. :(

Me too :'(
Posted by Midnight Mover
 - May 12, 2010, 06:46:09 PM
Great shots guys 8)
Posted by Code20photog
 - May 12, 2010, 11:11:23 AM
Quote from: Dragonskiss on May 12, 2010, 09:50:07 AM
Wow, that is one epic gorgeous shot. No post-processing to boot? I'd call this photo of the year. Love it.

Too bad I took it in 2009. But that's exactly the way it came out of the camera, sans a little sharpening.
Posted by Dragonskiss
 - May 12, 2010, 09:50:07 AM
Wow, that is one epic gorgeous shot. No post-processing to boot? I'd call this photo of the year. Love it.
Posted by Code20photog
 - May 12, 2010, 01:15:27 AM
Got to see a twilight launch a couple of years ago. There's not an ounce of processing here:

Posted by Sparkvark
 - May 12, 2010, 01:05:57 AM
Quote from: gfydad on May 12, 2010, 12:54:19 AM
Great shots!  <thumbup>
Sure hate to see the program end with no follow on ready to go on the U.S. end of things. :(

Thanks Jim!! I'm flying down to FL later this morning to view the launch on Friday. This will be my last one. :-(

Jim
Posted by gfydad
 - May 12, 2010, 12:54:19 AM
Great shots!  <thumbup>
Sure hate to see the program end with no follow on ready to go on the U.S. end of things. :(
Posted by Sparkvark
 - May 12, 2010, 12:43:29 AM
With just 3 more missions left until the end of the program, I thought I'd post a few images that I've capture fairly recently...

Launch pics...

Launch of STS-124 (Discovery) May 2008 from 12 miles away.

Launch of STS-125 (Atlantis) May 2009 from 4 miles away.

On orbit pics...

STS-127 (Endeavour) July 2009, the lighter streak is the International Space Station (ISS); the brighter streak is the Space Shuttle. They had just separated the day before and I captured them heading from North to South along the coast passing LA. Both are moving away in the image.

STS-128 (Discovery) September 2009, here both the SS and ISS are docked together as they approach LA from the West (moving from left to right in the image.)

Glad I was able to see the Space Shuttle in all three phases of flight; launch, on orbit and landing before the end of the program.