[Chaos-l] A Cool Picture

[Jayme Hanzak]

Walter, I think you need to break out your scope to practice focusing. :-) 

  

My mind beholds that the shuttle is entering over California and coming around the curvature of the earth. 

We are looking at the re-entry plasma trail. 

  

The astronauts on the space station are looking out the back window watching the Shuttle as it make it's final 

exit. 



It's hard to believe that it's been 30 years. 

  

How did they keep the stars so sharp? 

  

Jayme Hanzak 
Special Projects Engineer 
UNC-TV 
10 T.W. Alexander Dr. 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 
(919)-549-7281 



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From: "walter fowler" <walterfowler at gmail.com> 
To: "Robert Nielsen" <robertnielsen at nc.rr.com> 
Cc: chaos-l at rtpnet.org 
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 9:42:29 PM 
Subject: Re: [Chaos-l] A Cool Picture 

All kidding aside (if that's possible), I truly think it looks like #1 - a sunlit shuttle going into shadow.  But as Robert points out, it's often in the mind of the beholder.  Even Jayme can't seem to get the focus just right for me before I look through his scopes.  Walter 

On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Robert Nielsen < robertnielsen at nc.rr.com > wrote: 




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 

Sent from my iPad 




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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