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Posted By:
Hal Brown
Date Posted:
Dec 10, 2006
Description:
Date Taken:
Dec 10, 2006
Place Taken:
Merritt Island, Fl.
Owner:
Bruce & Judy Bennett
File Name:
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215, Launch of Discovery, 2006
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Frank A. Carr - Dec 11,2006
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'Perfect Round Fire Ball'--interesting. In some of the NASA TV video, the ascent fireball was a hexagon, and <br />I wondered if that was due to the 3-engines or a camera artifact?<br /><br />Great shots you guys.
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Steve DiGiacomo - Dec 11,2006
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NASA was concerned about not getting good quality video footage since this was a night launch, but they ended up surprised at the clarity and brightness of the video due to the abundance of light from the 'fireball'. The percieved hexagon shape may have been due to the type of lenses that they are using on some of their telemetry cameras and their much closer proximity and different angles.<br /><br />I missed the launch, I was in Charlotte for NFL, but thanks to YouTube, we all got to enjoy it and as Judy also explains, cheers erupted.<br /><br />
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Bruce Bennett - Dec 11,2006
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Hi Frank, it could be because of the direction it was taken. To me it looked like a firey baloon on a string! It lit up the sky and was absolutely breathtaking. There were horns and applauds going on during my video of it, there was the annual Merritt Island Christmas Boat Parade going on at the time, and they were right across from us in the canal! My neighbor who lives right across the street from us, her son was in the boat parade and he also works at NASA. He is on the panel who decides if the shuttle will take off or not. He had this committment of the boat parade, so his good friend was in his place. He figured it probably wouldn't lift off......but it did! JB<br /><br />
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