How bright is a shuttle night launch

Wulfmann · 12-09-06, 09:11 PM

Below is an unretouched shot (reduced in file size considerably)from fifty miles away from the shuttle that just lifted off.
I have seen these all my life and worked three launches at KSC in 1994 but a black sky launch says much about the power of a shuttle going up.
The house in the foreground is my roof and the lens is a noraml perspective or what I saw with my eyes.
It is not meant to be spectacular as it is not but it is about 50 miles with the naked eye's view.

Wulfmann

12-09-06, 09:11 PM	#1
Wulfmann Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 1,010 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	How bright is a shuttle night launch Below is an unretouched shot (reduced in file size considerably)from fifty miles away from the shuttle that just lifted off. I have seen these all my life and worked three launches at KSC in 1994 but a black sky launch says much about the power of a shuttle going up. The house in the foreground is my roof and the lens is a noraml perspective or what I saw with my eyes. It is not meant to be spectacular as it is not but it is about 50 miles with the naked eye's view. Wulfmann __________________ "The right to keep and bear arms should not be infringed upon, if only to prevent tyranny in government" Thomas Jefferson,; Constitutional debates