[bonesmccoy]

http://www.moonglow.net/ccd/pictures/other/columbia_breakup.rm

Is this the video shot by the AZ kids?

[Cold Heat]

RE 1662

Downloading now, if not I will decripe verbally what I saw.

[freepersup]

I couldn't tell for sure- seemed like it's the one when I watched the shedding aspects unfold. The kids were talking between themselves in the one I saw. The only thing that seems different about this video and the kids is, they seemed to be filming more up into the sky (overhead) and this one seems to be more horizontal...

[Cold Heat]

This video, while interesting and does show a tile or something coming off, is not the video I saw,

The video I saw was clear and excellent quality. It had a time signature running in the bottom right. There was also audio.

The first frames looked similar to the above link but then he zoomed in.

The debris made quite a sight as it separated. It illuminated the contrail as it fell back. As it fell back the kid zoomed in on it, showing what I believe to be a long, possibly rectangular object, still glowing a bit but darkening as seconds passed. It seemed to be illuminated on the edges only. The kid watched and said....Look at that! Wow! Did you see that!

Then he panned back to the shuttle which was moving out of range and probably well over NM by now.