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In-flight iPhone snaps Space Shuttle launch
The Unofficial Apple Weblog ^
| May 17, 2011
| Chris Rawson
Posted on 05/17/2011 7:50:28 AM PDT by 6SJ7
![](http://o.aolcdn.com/mars/4242/ishuttle-cjr.jpg)
The picture at right isn't something you see every day, and it's something there'll only be one more chance to capture: a Space Shuttle launch photographed from an in-flight passenger jet. Stefanie Gordon shot this image of the Space Shuttle Endeavour's launch with her iPhone as her plane descended for a landing.
The shot itself is a rare enough event, but what happened next was an eye-opener for the photographer. According to Mashable, within a few hours of uploading the launch pics to Twitter from her iPhone, Stephanie was getting phone calls from ABC, CNBC and the BBC. Her follower count on Twitter went up by over 1000, and she was getting so many @mentions as a result of the pic that she had to shut them off so her iPhone's battery didn't get drained.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: iphone; photo; space; spaceshuttle
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Neat photo of Space Shuttle heading into orbit. Photo taken onboard a commercial aircraft using an iPhone.
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posted on
05/17/2011 7:50:30 AM PDT
by
6SJ7
To: 6SJ7
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posted on
05/17/2011 7:51:44 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: 6SJ7
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posted on
05/17/2011 7:55:01 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
To: 6SJ7
Don’t know what all the fuss is about. That’s clearly a contrail from a passenger jet
:0)
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posted on
05/17/2011 7:59:15 AM PDT
by
agere_contra
("Debt is the foundation of destruction" : Sarah Palin.)
To: 6SJ7
You sure that’s a rocket launch? Looks more like a plane contrail to me. ;-D
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posted on
05/17/2011 8:00:28 AM PDT
by
Free Vulcan
(Vote Republican! You can vote Democrat when you're dead.)
To: 6SJ7
Clearly, that photo is just a commercial jet liner approaching from over the horizon! ;-)
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posted on
05/17/2011 8:00:50 AM PDT
by
SomeCallMeTim
( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them)
To: 6SJ7
No man, it's an evil plot. They call them con-trails but, they are really spraying mind control drugs getting ready for 12.21.2012! /s
To: agere_contra
Dont know what all the fuss is about. Thats clearly a contrail from a passenger jet Dad gum.... you gotta be QUICK on the trigger round heah!
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posted on
05/17/2011 8:02:10 AM PDT
by
SomeCallMeTim
( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them)
To: agere_contra
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posted on
05/17/2011 8:03:19 AM PDT
by
Free Vulcan
(Vote Republican! You can vote Democrat when you're dead.)
To: agere_contra
>>>Dont know what all the fuss is about. Thats clearly a contrail from a passenger jet
Nope. It’s unicorn farts.
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posted on
05/17/2011 8:04:21 AM PDT
by
Keith in Iowa
(FR Class of 1998 | TV News is an oxymoron. | MSNBC = Moonbats Spouting Nothing But Crap.)
To: 6SJ7
If I hadn’t known what it was, I would have guessed a pic through a microscope of a sperm fertilizing an egg..
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posted on
05/17/2011 8:05:44 AM PDT
by
ken5050
(Save the Earth..It's the only planet with chocolate!!!)
To: agere_contra
Now there you go again...
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posted on
05/17/2011 8:06:30 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(When it comes to Obama's birth certificate. Trust, but verify.)
To: agere_contra; Free Vulcan; SomeCallMeTim
Actually, its a picture of a commercial airliner taken from the nose camera of a Chinese ICBM.
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posted on
05/17/2011 8:08:09 AM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
To: 6SJ7
cool photo.
Looks like the North Pole pole is crooked. Must be melting with all that globull warming.
To: 1_Rain_Drop
Looks like the North Pole pole is crooked.Damn you Denmark!
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posted on
05/17/2011 8:13:29 AM PDT
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agere_contra
("Debt is the foundation of destruction" : Sarah Palin.)
To: agere_contra
Dont know what all the fuss is about. Thats clearly a contrail from a passenger jet
:0)
RATS! You beat me to it.
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posted on
05/17/2011 8:22:22 AM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(What's "My Struggle" in Kenyan?)
To: 6SJ7
Here's another shot taken from a students baloon experiment.
The balloon was sent up from Gainesville, FLorida earlier that morning. It was called Senatobia-1. I know the size is large for posting but ist looked to good to reduce it. I apologize for that. Please allow it this time.
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posted on
05/17/2011 8:25:04 AM PDT
by
NCC-1701
(In Memphis on January 20, 2009, pump price were $1.49. We all know what happened after that.)
To: SomeCallMeTim
Clearly, that photo is just a commercial jet liner approaching from over the horizon! ;-) Vogon Constructor Fleet entering earth orbit.
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posted on
05/17/2011 8:46:47 AM PDT
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6SJ7
(atlasShruggedInd = TRUE)
To: 6SJ7
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posted on
05/17/2011 8:49:22 AM PDT
by
Teacher317
(really?)
To: 6SJ7; Swordmaker
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