[Chesterbelloc]

I saw that on video shot on tv today and thought it was the shuttle too, but check out these two messages:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/834013/posts?q=1&&page=101 (post #126)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/834152/posts (post #35)

And thinking about it, that would be quite a zoom lens to get that much of a close up from at least 40 miles away.

[r9etb]

And thinking about it, that would be quite a zoom lens to get that much of a close up from at least 40 miles away.

Agreed. Then again, it was taken with a professional-quality camera, and they're very good.

At any rate, in addition to actually being the Shuttle, the image looks like the Shuttle: it has all the right things in the right places, and even roughly the right colors. I tend to think that, because of a good lens, or a trick of the optical path, it is a true image of the vehicle.

[Howlin]

Outstanding! I love Freepers!