Meteor From Space

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Meteor From Space

Post by hobie16 » Mon Aug 15, 2011 6:34 pm

This is a picture of a single Perseid meteor taken from the International Space Station.

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Re: Meteor From Space

Post by BRWombat » Mon Aug 15, 2011 6:40 pm

That is COOL!

(Yeah, yeah, I know, actually extremely hot.) :cool:


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Re: Meteor From Space

Post by MouseKiss » Mon Aug 15, 2011 6:42 pm

Since the closure of the U.S. space program I wonder if one of the astronauts was wondering if he could hitch a ride back home.



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Re: Meteor From Space

Post by hobie16 » Mon Aug 15, 2011 6:53 pm

MouseKiss wrote:Since the closure of the U.S. space program I wonder if one of the astronauts was wondering if he could hitch a ride back home.
You mean like the surfing astronaut in Dark Star? And what ever happened to Beach Ball?

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Re: Meteor From Space

Post by MouseKiss » Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:07 pm

I was thinking about the astronaut riding the Corvette home in Heavy Metal!



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Re: Meteor From Space

Post by Big Wallaby » Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:53 am

That's kinda like the ISS watching the final landing of Atlantis.

I would have given just about anything to be able to be there to see that.


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Re: Meteor From Space

Post by darph nader » Tue Aug 16, 2011 7:59 am

hobie16 wrote:You mean like the surfing astronaut in Dark Star? And what ever happened to Beach Ball?

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It 'expired' when Pinback shot it with a tranqulizer dart.


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Re: Meteor From Space

Post by Big Wallaby » Wed Aug 17, 2011 4:45 am

I found that Atlantis picture I was talking about:
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Actually, two of them:
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I still can't believe that I heard the sonic boom. I stood outside, figuring it was going to be too far away. And then, there it was... so very loud, even from 65 miles away.

And it was my first time seeing the ISS. Lots of people, thanks to the timing, thought the ISS was Atlantis. :D:


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Re: Meteor From Space

Post by WEDFan » Wed Aug 17, 2011 8:37 am

Very cool shots, BW. Thanks for sharing!



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Re: Meteor From Space

Post by hobie16 » Wed Aug 17, 2011 10:57 am

Remember this one of Endeavor?

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