[Chaos-l] A Cool Picture

[Robert Nielsen]

Walter,

I actually saw it the other way ... the shuttle glow got brighter as it was headed deeper into the atmosphere.  The way I see it, it is just entering the atmosphere at the bottom of the picture, and heading deeper at the top.

But then I can see craters on the moon even if the shadows are the "wrong" way :-)

Robert

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On Jul 21, 2011, at 5:37 PM, walter fowler <walterfowler at gmail.com> wrote:

> Why is the shuttle glow so bright at the highest altitude and it fades as it descends (presumably heating up on the way down)?  Is it because
> 1. it's going from sunlight into the Earth's shadow
> 2. it's just brighter when it's closer to the ISS
> 3. they turn all the lights off when they start their descent
> 4. someone used Photoshop to  "get the best results."
> Other thoughts?    Walter
> 
>  
> On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Robert Nielsen <robertnielsen at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> Wish I was there to see this:
> 
> http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2014.html
> 
> Robert
> 
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