Absolutely gorgeous

[solarbird]

NASA's accidental video art: click here. Seriously, do it. Sound is beneficial. Like the wrapper article says, nothing much happens until around two minutes. It'll black out towards the end; stay with it, video comes back on after several seconds.

Comments

[anna-copperowl.livejournal.com]

Wow.

[oh6.livejournal.com]

Who knew that the launch could be the least interesting part of a booster's 7-minute flight?

[blues-kun.livejournal.com]

Holy shit that was exciting.

Even better for me since a helicopter flew over my house during the launch and made my windows shake.

[westrider.livejournal.com]

Dude, that was cool! Space is AWESOME!

[kvogel.livejournal.com]

After one of the previous launches the UW'S public access TV ran a sequence of all the camera footage attached to both boosters. That looking down the length of the booster was particularly dramatic, watching the whole boost phase, jettison tumble, including watching the other booster near by, then just prior to splashdown, the engine bell would jettison (I didn't know they did that) and then rolling around lazily in the Atlantic.