Posted on 07/09/2002 6:43:09 PM PDT by Diogenesis
GOTTA SEE THIS -- SATELLITE IMAGING DURING OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM 7/10/02
BREAKING NEWS - The Big Picture: Fires and Rockets of July around the World and Universe
===== ROCKETS OF JULY 2002 ======
In Nizhny Tagil, 800 miles east of Moscow, a Russian-made Smerch 300 mm Multiple Launch Rocket System
fires a rocket during an exhibition 7/9/02.
Russia's weapons export agency Rosoboron unfortunately continues
to offer this and other war technology to Iran. Better get your act together, Ivan.
Kourou space base, French Guyana - European rocket Ariane 5 lifts off 7/6/02
with the European communication satellite Stellat-5
and the Japanese communication satellite N-Star-C.
Cape Canaveral, The CONTOUR probe, on a Boeing Delta 2, rockets to observe comets
To Cape Canaveral, from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base CA
the Space Shuttle Endeavour hitches a rides.
========= FIRES OF JULY ============
Northern Quebec, July 8, 2002 - ~600 brave firefighters beneath a 125-mile wide wall of smoke.
Heroes span the Northern Hemisphere fighting these disasters.
========= Rodeo-Chediski fire, Arizona =========
Rodeo-Chediski fire, Arizona. NASAs Moderate Imaging Spectro Radiometer Airborne Simulator
yields this images taken on a ER-2 from an altitude of 64,000 feet.
The colors vary between pictures in these false colored images.
Recent: Burned areas = red, bright orange = active fire. smoke = blue
7/1/02 - IR infrared image shows burned area at the top.
Very bright yellow = active fires. Clouds are pale blue.
6/28/02, satellite image Rodeo-Chediski at the western edge of Show Low, Ariz.
Dirt road runs north-south. Area to the west of the road is burned.
======== THE BIG PICTURE OF HEAT AND STORM IN THE US ===========
7/9/02: NOAA satellite shows cold front moving through the Lakes and Northeast.
Thunderstorm and secondary fire in Montana and Dakotas.
Thunderstorms over Florida and off Texas coast.
======= VIEWS BELOW THE EQUATOR ===============
Galapagos - Fuel spill off the archipelago 3/12/02
Woomera rocket range, Australia - Planned next generation Japanese supersonic (mach 2) model aircraft.
Western Pacific island of Chuuk in Micronesia - 39 people were killed, more missing, by typhoon 7/2/02
======= MEANWHILE, OUR SUN ===============
Our sun: Massive solar eruption, 30 times Earth's diameter.
7/1/02, 13:19 GMT, SOHO satellite capture the eruptive prominence, a loop of magnetic fields that trap hot gas inside.
This one missed Earth.
===== FAR AWAY IN A DIFFERENT GALAXY ===========
Horsehead Nebula, in Orion [Very Large Telescope" (VLT), Chile]
A celestial spiral galaxy [Very Large Telescope" (VLT), Chile]
Cassiopeia A: Hubble reveals 'fireworks' from remnant supernova
the light of which first reached Earth ~320 years ago.
END OF TRANSMISSION 7/10/02 .......... K
BUMP FOR SPACE R&D&Exploration
I swear me and my friends put on a great show, my ears are still ringing 5 days later.
Great photo thread as always, Dio.
btw, is that piggyback shuttle/747 pic recent also ?
saw that rig stop at stapleton in denver back in the late 70's - also way kewl 
Thanks, Diogenesis.
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