[Shermy]

[Brad’s Gramma]

Bump for later

[discostu]

Seems to me there are a lot of people obsessed with proving the shuttle started falling apart over CA. Why? Is there some sort of federal grant I haven't heard of that gives the state where a shuttle disaster started a bunch of money? Some parts fell in my home state of AZ, does that make us more worthy?

[HighWheeler]

Watch the Video

[AmericaUnited]

In reality a gnat walking across the lens...

[Alberta's Child]

I may be wrong about this, but this looks like the video that was taken by those kids in New Mexico that morning. Are you sure this was from California?

[Tamzee]

The video of this sequence is really clear.... it's quite sad in retrospect to hear the kids exclaiming over seeing odd pieces coming off :-(

Tammy

[snopercod]

bump

[Wolfstar]

Given the distance between the camera and the shuttle (47 miles), the object in this photo may not be all that small relative to the size of the shuttle.

[tubebender]

Dittemore said their first indication of something unusual was at 8:52 EST. I beileive that is as it crosses the Cal coast. That means things were happening before that to start raising the temps.

A few years ago I spent the night the night in Garberville Ca so I could witness the shuttle crossing over Marin County. I did not have a clue what to expect but when it appeared I was so stunned at the sight that I neither lifted my binoculars nor my camera. To me it appeared to be sunlite shinning on a jumbo jet but of course it wasn't. I wish I had wittnessed this one for comparison

[Thinkin' Gal]

First the Concorde ("peace treaty") crashes due to debris hitting the left wing, at the same time Camp David II crashed and burned, and now the Columbia ("dove" of peace) is suspected of plummeting over Palestine because of left wing damage.

"As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."