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For the second day in a row we got up at 0400 to watch the last night launch of a space shuttle. This time we were successful. 0414 was time zero and Libby and I were up on deck to watch it.
Our view of the horizon was obscured by a cloud. Therefore, for the first 39 seconds we saw only the sky being lit up, but not a direct view of the shuttle. After 39 seconds it emerged from behind the cloud and we had a beautiful view. We watched as the brilliant and long plume of fire behind the rocked turned from orange color to white. (I don't know why it does that.) A few seconds later we saw booster separation. We could see the boosters falling away as the shuttle continued upward looking like an impossibly bright Venus.
Once again my photo equipment and skills were not up to the job of capturing a night launch. I left the camera on the tripod recording video. When I reviewed the video it shows too little to make it worth posting. However, you can watch the NASA video here.
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We were together last year at Powell Cay to watch one of these, remember?
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