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Old 02-03-2003, 10:54 PM   #3
Elspode
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It is a wonderful picture. I wish I weren't such a cynic, but if you look along the trail toward the right side of the picture (to the left of the furthest right dish), there's a bulge in the time-exposed trail. The shuttle does show some things like this in a normal reentry when the attitude thrusters fire, and this is probably what this is (the bulge is concentrated in one place and does not continue on along the line of travel, at least, not at the same scale), but I wonder if it is possible that this is a piece coming off?

Most of you guys know a lot more about technical aspects of photography than I do. Opinions?
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