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Apr 05, 2010 15:21 |  #1

Of the 100+ launches I have witnessed, I have never seen this before. This event happened well after booster separation and is being produce by Discovery's 3 main engines only.


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Apr 05, 2010 15:57 |  #2

yeah I saw it too, but I didn't capture it as well as you did. I will post launch photos soon.


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Apr 05, 2010 16:04 |  #3

I was wondering if I was the only person! None of my coworkers said they saw it. Great capture.




  
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Apr 05, 2010 16:56 as a reply to  @ godzakka's post |  #4

That is interesting.


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Apr 05, 2010 23:01 |  #5

Saw it on spaceweather.com . Sure hope the shuttle will be ok ....:( .




  
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Apr 06, 2010 08:10 as a reply to  @ Celestron's post |  #6

Here is the same shuttle about 5 minutes earlier.


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Apr 06, 2010 15:54 |  #7

Wow.. looks like a phoenix or something of mythological creature..


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