Shuttle launch from Space

[Powers739]

This shot was taken from Juipter FL, I don't know who took it, but I have been on that area where the picture was taken from quite a bit, a friend used to dock his boat there.

[rc51ny]

Very cool pic. Gives you a whole different perspective on the launch

[BlueHaya]

Cool pic Power

[skid vicious]

theres something about that pic that doesn't seem quite right to me. not calling BS.....but it's suspect.
here's why; thats an AWFULLY LOW altitude to be in space. it appears that the photog was in the upper atmosphere as evidenced by the angle of the picture relative to the horizon and relative to where the blue sky and black space meet.
it also appears that the shuttle is in the first stage of launch. the solid rocket boosters (SRB's) haven't even seperated yet. they do this at an altitude of +/- 150,000 ft. Given the rapid orbital decay of objects below approximately 200 km, the commonly accepted definition for low earth orbit (LEO) is between 200 - 2000 km (124 - 1240 miles) above the Earth's surface. Objects in LEO encounter atmospheric drag in the form of gases in the thermosphere (approximately 80-500 km up) or exosphere (approximately 500 km and up), depending on orbit height.
If anything, i would say this is from a high flying chase plane. and after doing a little research and googling shuttle launch chase plane, i found it.

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/forums....start=1
really cool pics and thread. good read.
nice find, btw.

[dadofthree]

nuff said