Monday, February 15, 2010

Waterway To Orbit

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The 32nd shuttle mission to the International Space Station, STS-130, left planet Earth on February 8. Its early morning launch to orbit from Kennedy Space Center's pad 39A followed the long, graceful, eastward arc seen in this 2 minute time exposure. Well composed, the dramatic picture also shows the arc's watery reflection from the Intracoastal Waterway Bridge, in Ponte Vedra, Florida, about 115 miles north of the launch site. In the celestial background a waning crescent Moon and stars left their own short trails against the still dark sky. The brightest star trail near the moon was made by red supergiant Antares, alpha star of the constellation Scorpius.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Aerial view photographs of the 9/11 WTC crash-newly released aerial photographs made by NYPD









This newly released aerial photographs were taken on September 11, 2001 by the New York City Police Department shows the World Trade Center in New York following attacks by terrorists who flew two airliners into the towers.

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