Monday, 17th May 2010
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About 5 minutes after the Space Shuttle Discovery took off, I was able to capture the orbiter before it dipped below the horizon on its journey to the International Space Station. This was shortly after finishing a long 264 second exposure of the launch itself. I can honestly say that if I would have gone to a launch over 20 years ago when I first got to Florida, I probably would not have missed another. If you haven't experienced a launch in person, you don't know what you are missing! Settings: f5.6, ISO 200, 10 seconds @ 15mm
Equipment: Canon EOS 7D
Danny Garcia
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Space Shuttle Launch By Danny Garcia was photo of the day on Monday, 17th May 2010. It is tagged Night. You can leave a comment below.
22 Comments
mike
Wow, I wish I was there. I seen it on TV last week. Some picture to get. The sky is great.
Kent Weakley
Nice shoot. I got to see this one too. Check it out http://kentweakley.com/blog/space-shuttle-photos/
John E
Stunning photo..amazing..
Anurag
What a scene!! and technically very good.
It must have been a awesome experience indeed!!
Nico De Pasquale
incredible shot n experience!
Pauline Jones
I have always wanted to go to one of these; thanks for bringing it a bit closer.
Ajit Pal Singh
absolutely amazing
Ati
A very nice shot indeed. Unique, too.
Malta Photography
very good shot indeed. This really has the wow effect. And the sky in the background looks great.
well done
su
What a great shot and the colours are wonderful too.
ajrahn
Beautiful. And perhaps even more so, since that was the last launch ever. The shuttle program is ended, never more to rise…
SeeOneSoul Photography
what an incredible moment to capture … a very impressive shot indeed!
Marie Dunphy Harding
Fantastic shot! Thanks for bringing us where we may never be in person.
Rajib Singha
A shot to remember.
Azander
Stunning shot. Beautiful.
James Fougere
Great image Danny! I also attended the “night” launch of space shuttle Endeavour on March 11th 2008. It was great!! My image was also posted here on EarthShots!
susolov
Fantastic image! To think there are people aboard flying through space. I worked at NASA as a Technical Writer for a while, but I never went to a launch.
Renee
I agree with the other comments on this shot, what a stunning shot, thanks for sharing
planet lover
Thanks for sharing this great moment with us! What a show that launch must have been. Very beautiful picture!
Su
great shot love all the colours you captured too.
Neil Wilkinson
Totally AWESOME!!!!!!
shoobie
amazing shot…im speechless