Best Shuttle Launch Pic Ever!

POSTED BY: cljohnston108
UPDATED: Thursday, July 5, 2007 23:08
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CLJOHNSTON108

Saturday, June 9, 2007 1:09 PM

And not just because it's carrying our beloved cargo!

http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=32370

Just look at how the sun is eclipsed perfectly by that tuft of plume!

ZZETTA13

Saturday, June 9, 2007 1:17 PM

Great looking picture CLJ and the crew will soon be able to see some outta-is-world entertainment.

Z

CLJOHNSTON108

Saturday, June 9, 2007 1:26 PM

Of course, there are other great images from the Space Shuttle era, and they've all been collected by this individual...
http://community.webshots.com/user/jbingham
(His other albums are equally breathtaking!)

MAIII

Saturday, June 9, 2007 2:46 PM

here are my past mission photos that I pull from the internal NASA archive:
STS-121
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=ekhorlf.6a5nvn4v&x=0&y=-g6s7f8
STS-115
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=ekhorlf.1pn3qxwz&x=0&y=-mp68ty
STS-116
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=ekhorlf.2f0uy3dv&x=0&y=-8t1uox

REDHEAD

Saturday, June 9, 2007 2:52 PM

I actually gasped! That is beautiful.

DARKFLY

Saturday, June 9, 2007 3:15 PM

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ZZETTA13

Saturday, June 9, 2007 3:44 PM

CLJOHNSTON108

Saturday, June 9, 2007 4:14 PM

The "Pipe View" is my favorite!
Here's Atlantis, heading off on STS-43 (8/2/91)...

DARKFLY

Saturday, June 9, 2007 4:22 PM

brilliant pic, the Serenity one too,lol, don't suppose you could make a higher resolution of the Serenity take off pic

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ZZETTA13

Sunday, June 10, 2007 3:15 AM

Sorry Darkfly it was a cut and paste job. Had to reduce Serenity down so that it would fit on the launch pad. I'm afraid the picture wouldn't get any better or clearer if I enlarged it. Just wanted to convey the idea of our Serenitys finally heading up to orbit.

Z

PROTOTYPE7

Monday, June 11, 2007 7:53 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by cljohnston108:
The "Pipe View" is my favorite!
Here's Atlantis, heading off on STS-43 (8/2/91)...

I would be really happy if someone could explain this pic to me. From the angle... I would say whoever took this amazing picture was vaporized into bits.
If it was a static mounted camera that's equally as cool...
I guess I'm just having trouble figuring out if it's real or not.

CLJOHNSTON108

Monday, June 11, 2007 7:45 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by prototype7:
I would be really happy if someone could explain this pic to me. From the angle... I would say whoever took this amazing picture was vaporized into bits.
If it was a static mounted camera that's equally as cool...
I guess I'm just having trouble figuring out if it's real or not.

Everything you'd want to know about the cameras at Launch Complex 39 is on this (translated) French page...
http://tinyurl.com/2uovj8

All kinds of great views in this album of jbingham's...
http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/2006482AdovwZDEFp

CLJOHNSTON108

Monday, June 11, 2007 10:55 PM

Here's my version, Zzetta.
Hope you don't mind!

Used this screencap from "The Message": still-flying.net/images/themessage/index.php?image=themessage459.jpg

ZZETTA13

Monday, June 11, 2007 11:25 PM

GREAT LOOKING PIC!! CLJ

Really cool. I love it

Z

Why should I mind? Yours is 50 times better. It's fantastic. Looks real. You did a GREAT job!!

COLORADOCOMPANION

Tuesday, June 12, 2007 4:29 AM

Ok...was I the only one who saw this picture of the shuttle damage and yelled "What was that? Did the primary buffer panel just fall off my gorram SHIP!?!?"

(Sending them wishes for a non-"interesting" return)

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DARKFLY

Tuesday, June 12, 2007 1:10 PM

All the pics are great even the supposedly mock up pics of Serenity taking off, I still won't believe they are fakes no matter what people tell me

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MAIII

Wednesday, June 13, 2007 2:07 PM

the mission continues to go well as the team works through the blanket repair options for procedures/tools and which EVA to perform the work on should be decided by the mission management team today. Swanny and Forrester are going for a spacewalk later today to continue work on the newly installed Truss and Solar Array Segment. Airlock egress is ~2 pm EDT.

Photo Gallery:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=ekhorlf.24ok35ob&x=0&y=-bjbomd

CHRISISALL

Wednesday, June 13, 2007 2:11 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by cljohnston108:

awesome....

*jaw drops*Chrisisall

CLJOHNSTON108

Wednesday, June 13, 2007 3:56 PM

Here's the new version!
The first used a generic pic that just seemed to have the right angle & lighting.
Found a better one of the actual STS-117 launch!
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-117/html/sts117
-s-026.html

Got both versions posted in the Blue Sun Room.

CHRISISALL

Wednesday, June 13, 2007 5:09 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by cljohnston108:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-117/html/sts117
-s-026.html

*jaw drops all the way to floor*
I assume you work for ILM?

Pen and ink only Chrisisall

CLJOHNSTON108

Wednesday, June 13, 2007 10:09 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
I assume you work for ILM?

You flatter me! But, no.
Glad you like it, though!

And for Prototype7: Here's the "Pipe View" of our bird on this mission...

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-117/html/sts117
-s-038.html

CLJOHNSTON108

Friday, June 15, 2007 11:55 AM

This is the last one, I swear!
Some'n was buggin' me about the angle of the engines and the exhaust in my first two versions, and then it dawned on me that I should've rotated Serenity another 3° counter-clockwise.
Just couldn't live with it like that.

PARTICIPANT

Sunday, June 17, 2007 8:37 AM

great photo !

but I wish NASA were seeing better days, we should have put people on mars by now

OUT2THEBLACK

Saturday, June 30, 2007 11:58 PM

Still amazes me how much realism is added by the

addition of ' lens flares '. Great Work !

Mal taikonren graphic by 'fei'...Awesome !

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CLJOHNSTON108

Thursday, July 5, 2007 11:08 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by out2theblack:
Still amazes me how much realism is added by the

addition of ' lens flares '. Great Work !

Yep, Lens Flare is great for that "Fusion Engine" look!