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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Shuttle Enterprise Over New York
NASA ^
| May 09, 2012
| (see photo credit)
Posted on 05/08/2012 9:26:57 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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[Credit: NASA, Bill Ingalls]
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posted on
05/08/2012 9:27:11 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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05/08/2012 9:28:14 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Gee, the Astronomy pic. of the day seems less then astronomical.
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posted on
05/08/2012 9:32:21 PM PDT
by
doc1019
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To: SunkenCiv
That’s creepy. It looks like it’s going to fly up Lady Liberty’s butt!!
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posted on
05/08/2012 9:40:54 PM PDT
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timlilje
To: SunkenCiv
That’s creepy. It looks like it’s going to fly up Lady Liberty’s butt!!
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posted on
05/08/2012 9:41:13 PM PDT
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timlilje
To: SunkenCiv
That’s kind of surrealistic looking. Nice pic though.
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posted on
05/08/2012 9:59:26 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
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To: doc1019
The administration that saw fit to end NASA also saw fit to send our orbiters to blue states and snub HOUSTON.
Houston, we have a problem.
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posted on
05/08/2012 10:02:30 PM PDT
by
magglepuss
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To: SunkenCiv
Checked it out with Google Earth. You can’t acutally reproduce this image, even approximately, because GE doesn’t have a zoom capability. What they refer to as zoom is moving your POV closer, which is not the same thing as a camera zoom. Kind of ironic I guess because the name is predicated on the similarity of a camera zoom to actually “zooming” in closer, which is what GE does. When you try it though, all the angles change, as the various buidlings, and The Statue of Liberty of course, are at different distances. What you can do is “zoom” ( i.e. move, in simulation ) back, keeping the SoL in position, and in this way discover the probable camera position, which is at the end of a huge pier in Bayonne. BTW that reddish building to the right is in Brooklyn.
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posted on
05/08/2012 10:34:16 PM PDT
by
dr_lew
To: SunkenCiv
Interesting photo! I like it.
Thanks very much!
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posted on
05/08/2012 10:42:14 PM PDT
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onyx
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To: SunkenCiv
Thanks. Interesting to think of all of the history that Lady Liberty has “seen” over the years.
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posted on
05/08/2012 10:51:26 PM PDT
by
21twelve
To: timlilje
At least they gave proper warning for the low flyover.
OBAMA PLANE PHOTO OP STARTLES NEW YORKERS
By DAVID SEIFMAN, MURRAY WEISS and JEREMY OLSHAN
April 27, 2009
A jumbo jet being chased by a F-16 fighter jets buzzed Lower Manhattan this morning, panicking New Yorkers, many of whom were forced to evacuate their office buildings.
It was not a terrorist attack, however, but a photo opportunity for Air Force One, sources told the Post.
![Image and video hosting by TinyPic](http://i51.tinypic.com/4ghl5h.jpg)
![Image and video hosting by TinyPic](http://i55.tinypic.com/2ajb04w.jpg)
OBAMA PLANE PHOTO OP STARTLES NEW YORKERS (2009)
http://www.nypost.com/seven/04272009/news/regionalnews/obama_plane_photo_op_startles_new_yorker_166470.htm
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posted on
05/09/2012 3:03:47 AM PDT
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ETL
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To: SunkenCiv
Photo not complete without tourist guy.
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posted on
05/09/2012 4:35:06 AM PDT
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Fester Chugabrew
(let establishment heads explode)
To: SunkenCiv
Wrong Enterprise being retired. Here's the real Enterprise being flown into retirement:
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posted on
05/09/2012 6:13:59 AM PDT
by
NCC-1701
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To: SunkenCiv
What is that white streak (spot? artifact?) above and slightly to the left of the shuttle and plane?
To: TheOldLady
What is that white streak (spot? artifact?) above and slightly to the left of the shuttle and plane?![Image and video hosting by TinyPic](http://i45.tinypic.com/25jkvtv.jpg)
Probably a fighter jet escort.
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posted on
05/09/2012 2:20:44 PM PDT
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ETL
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To: TheOldLady
![Image and video hosting by TinyPic](http://i47.tinypic.com/flau4m.jpg)
Shuttle Enterprise's first piggyback voyage, 1977
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05/09/2012 2:24:55 PM PDT
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ETL
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To: ETL
To: TheOldLady
Turns out there were 2 fighter jet escorts. They were very difficult to see on other pics and vids I checked.
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posted on
05/09/2012 2:47:21 PM PDT
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ETL
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To: ETL
Sending two escorts must be SOP.
To: TheOldLady
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05/09/2012 3:11:08 PM PDT
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ETL
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