[fuente]

Actually, that's not correct Sam. There is a shot that is very good and clear, then is zooms out to show the whole plasma stream. When I saw this a second time, I noticed that it was a shot from almost directly from the rear. It was quite clear. The thing that really throw me was when they panned out to show the trail. It was moving from right to left. So the vessle was definately moving somewhat sideways just before it came apart.

[sam_paine]

There is a shot that is very good and clear...

That's not what you want it to be.

When you zoom a compound lense, the depth of focus drops, which is what you see here.

Sorry guys, I know you think you've got whiz-bang equipment and you see something no other observer or network studio editing crew has seen, but we have, and we know it's not a "very good and clear" shot of the tail, engines or anything. Keep trying.

[Alberta's Child]

There's no way that shuttle would be moving sideways like that at a speed of 18,000 miles per hour without rotating and gyrating out of control. I first thought it was the same thing that you did, but after going through this at length on another thread I'm convinced that what you are seeing here is not the details of an actual object, but a distortion in the video image caused by an out-of-focus object.