Just when we thought we’d seen it all
PLUME COUNTY If you looked out the window of an airplane at just the right place and time last week, you could have seen something very unusual — the space shuttle Endeavour launching to orbit. Images of the rising shuttle and its plume became widely circulated over the web shortly after Endeavour’s final launch. The above image was taken from a shuttle training aircraft and is not copyrighted. Taken well above the clouds, the image can be matched with similar images of the same shuttle plume taken below the clouds. Hot glowing gasses expelled by the engines are visible near the rising shuttle, as well as a long smoke plume. A shadow of the plume appears on the cloud deck, indicating the direction of the Sun. (Photo: NASA)
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How amazing would that be omg
This photo makes my head hurt…where is the camera? On a plane? Like a passanger plane? I don’t want to be that high on...
I am not going to lie to you: This image makes my brain hurt….where is the camera? The planes I ride on don’t go that...