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25-10-2006, 08:05 PM
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Shuttle Launch as seen from the ISS
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25-10-2006, 08:11 PM
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Colour is over-rated
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In the words of the first commenter on that page - "My Lord" 
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25-10-2006, 08:13 PM
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Planet photographer
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Wow! Thats very cool! Thanks for posting it 
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25-10-2006, 08:13 PM
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Sir Post a Lot!
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An excellent photo, but I reckon it's probably out the window of a plane rather than the ISS?? Surely NASA would've released that photo! It's stunning.
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25-10-2006, 08:31 PM
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Colour is over-rated
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Come to think of it it does resemble the sort of view from a plane.... I wouldn't have thought you'd be allowed to fly that close to a launch though.... might be a military observer aircraft??? Still a great shot!
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25-10-2006, 08:53 PM
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NASA fly High Altitude Aircraft during launches. They take photographs and other measurements during and after launch.
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25-10-2006, 08:56 PM
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Colour is over-rated
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There you go.... I doubt its a Jetstar 737 
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25-10-2006, 09:11 PM
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fantastic shot! amazing timings too
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25-10-2006, 10:29 PM
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Lost in Namibia
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Wow, what a brilliant shot
Cheers Petra
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26-10-2006, 12:06 AM
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Support your local RFS
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Great shot, what would you give to be on that ride.
cheers
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26-10-2006, 05:57 AM
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That is very cool.
I'd love an image like that on a big poster
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26-10-2006, 08:28 AM
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Let there be night...
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Fabulous shot. I'd have to think that there aren't too many photos like these that are taken. ISS or not - YEEHAH!
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26-10-2006, 10:38 AM
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How high would you have to fly to be able to see space (beyond the rayleigh effect)?
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26-10-2006, 11:02 AM
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26-10-2006, 06:37 PM
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thats an amazeing shot .. ?..but not from the ISS
I remember seeing a video of the worlds higest parachute jump from 1960
the quote here describes what i saw pretty well ..particularly the last bit
the whole sky WAS jet black and it was so high you could see whole continents below.
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"On Aug. 16, 1960, Kittinger set the world's record (which remains unbroken) for the longest (19.5 miles) and fastest (4 minutes and 36 seconds) skydive. He reported his experience in National Geographic. His epic dive started from a helium balloon that he floated to an altitude of 102,800 feet (31,330 m). This high, the sky is black and the Sun intense."
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Also the view as he fell away from the balloon was haveing you wonder if he
might miss a whole continent. I think he had oxygen for quite a bit of the early fall as he was moveing through virtually no atmosphere .
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28-10-2006, 08:39 AM
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lots of eyes on you!
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Originally Posted by plasmodium
There you go.... I doubt its a Jetstar 737 |
certainly not jetstar, they charge you look out the window along with everything else.........
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28-10-2006, 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by nightstalker
I think he had oxygen for quite a bit of the early fall as he was moveing through virtually no atmosphere .
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He would have been in a pressure suit at that altitude..... since your body fluids "boil" at 63,000 feet otherwise - and thats not good....
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28-10-2006, 11:33 AM
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Retired, damn no pension
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A fantastic poster shot, that's for sure.
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He would have been in a pressure suit at that altitude..... since your body fluids "boil" at 63,000 feet otherwise - and thats not good....
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During a later interview (much later for a space doco) he admitted he had a small leak in one of his gloves, but decided not to tell anyone incase the mission was aborted.
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28-10-2006, 11:39 AM
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Colour is over-rated
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Originally Posted by [1ponders]
During a later interview (much later for a space doco) he admitted he had a small leak in one of his gloves, but decided not to tell anyone incase the mission was aborted.
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I remember learning about that one - he's lucky the leak didn't turn into a gaping rip under the pressure differential.....
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28-10-2006, 11:42 AM
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Retired, damn no pension
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From memory though there was a high chilling effect from the escaping gas that caused problems to his hand. Sort of like frost bite.
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