[r9etb]

That is simply amazing! They're almost there....

It's a nice shot, but you've got to be careful. The curvature of the Earth you're seeing is most likely an artifact of the wide-angle lens they were using.....

For comparison, note that there's less curvature in an undistorted shot from a much higher Shuttle flight:

[Pyro7480]

Another pic:

[Moonman62]

It's a nice shot, but you've got to be careful. The curvature of the Earth you're seeing is most likely an artifact of the wide-angle lens they were using.....

You're right about the curvature, but the sky is black and the glow of the atmosphere on the horizon is evident in the bigger pictures.