Nice shots from the shuttle

[Chippy (Nick)]

Hi guys,

Came across this link with some nice shots (wish I had one of their cameras) !

"The Space Shuttle Discovery successfully launched last week, becoming the 154th manned US space mission. It flew to the International Space Station...One of the best features of the space program has always been astronaut photography...some of the best photographs of Earth's skies, taken from above - way above (over 200 miles to be more exact)."

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/06/the_sky_from_above.html

[Ric]

Great link Chippy, some fantastic images in that selection.

[madtuna (Steve)]

all great pics...but that first one is awesome!

Standing next to a shuttle I was amazed at the size of the thing...that is until I stood next to and was awestruck by the size of the solid rocket boosters!

[Matty P (Matt)]

Simply amazing!!! I'm still picking up my jaw up from off the floor.

Thanks for posting the link.

[Lee]

It would be nice to have the clouds BELOW you.....

[GrahamL]

Great shots .. You know I see the absolute beauty our world exibits ..and its complete frailty...but also am humbled and saddened by all the crap we carry on with under this ... If you looked down from above on this and tried to see something good ..what would you see? .. ?

[leon]

Have to agree, the first one is just awesome, however the rest are pretty good as well

Leon

[White Rabbit]

What a gig, can you imagine spending time up there?

[leinad (Dan)]

Wow. Thanks for the link.
the last pic of the moon has two dots with streaks trailing behind, one blueish dot , on red.
Any ideas to what these are ?