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  • skateboard1, on 03/13/2008, -0/+23Nice pic. The rocket cam was disappointing at night.As soon as the boosters were dropped the image went black.(Even in HD)
    • Sagags, on 03/13/2008, -22/+2It looks like a Penis.........

      There I said what is on everyones mind!
      • Aidenf77, on 03/13/2008, -0/+11I have no idea what you're looking at, but this is a rocket launch at night.
        • Sagags, on 03/13/2008, -9/+1Ah I see what you did there, copy my comments eh?
      • Amplix, on 03/13/2008, -4/+5Well, now we all know you haven't seen many penises in your life. - Not that I have... I mean I HAVE seen a penis but not like that.... oh ***** it.
    • peterkay, on 03/13/2008, -0/+10Here's the HD video of it - http://www.vimeo.com/776280
      You can see the trail at the very end.
    • Boner11, on 03/14/2008, -0/+0Way off. The only reason why things went "black" is because it was a cloudy night. How do I know? I was there. On the other side of the Indian River. 3/11/08 @ 2:28 AM
  • mentol, on 03/13/2008, -12/+7That's very spectacular, I wonder how it looks when they make it HDR.
    • gplpark92, on 03/13/2008, -6/+14its looks fake and ridiculous
    • Brian48216, on 03/13/2008, -3/+18HDR only works when you make three separate exposures. It wouldn't work with a scene that has any movement.
      • senatorpjt, on 03/13/2008, -0/+1This scene has no movement, at least for a few minutes (the contrail will eventually dissipate and the light from the engines will die down, but you could take three exposures in time)
      • deuceswilde, on 03/13/2008, -1/+3You can make an HDR with a single RAW image file
        • UKsHaDoW, on 03/13/2008, -0/+3Its not real HDR though. The amount the real exposuer is set by the aperture, and shutter speed.
          You can't magically re adjust that afterwords. Setting the exposuer in raw will not get the detail in the light/dark areas as well as 3 different real exposures.
      • jazzboyrules, on 03/13/2008, -0/+2You CAN make an HDR if the original format of this pic is/were in RAW format. But you don't see the actual brilliance of an HDR unless you have nice sun-lit as well as shadowy areas in the composition. In this pic, you see that most of the pixels are bottom-saturated to RGB:000. HDR won't help anything with those areas and such black areas will stand out as patches in the resultant HDR.
    • Trav3133, on 03/13/2008, -2/+25im sick of hdr, everyone needs to stop obsessing over it.
    • milkmit, on 03/13/2008, -0/+1Like *****.
  • foolawrence, on 03/13/2008, -17/+3LOL
  • vroom101, on 03/13/2008, -0/+11http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/images/large/08 ...
    via http://digg.com/space/Spectacular_Liftoff_of_NASA_ ...
  • juneof44, on 03/13/2008, -1/+46That smoke trail is showing the cloud who's boss. Giggity.
  • suxmonkey, on 03/13/2008, -4/+82Since someone has to say it I guess I will: that image is disturbingly phallic.
  • Yetisquatch, on 03/13/2008, -1/+3This is what happens when you introduce portals and tornadoes in the land of sepia.
  • anareric, on 03/13/2008, -1/+3It looks like ET trying to phone home
  • The0, on 03/13/2008, -4/+57Yep. Definitely a penis.
  • cl2yp71c, on 03/13/2008, -0/+6Now this is a picture worth digging.
  • littlemarcho, on 03/13/2008, -5/+3I think thats the greatest photo I have ever seen!!
    • schlef, on 03/13/2008, -1/+1Really? I think you need to look at more photos.
  • Aidenf77, on 03/13/2008, -1/+1Mushroom cloud meets lightning bolt.
    • Sagags, on 03/13/2008, -3/+1I have no idea what your looking at, but this is a rocket launch at night.
    • plunderbunny, on 03/13/2008, -0/+1He's saying it's a combination of the two.
  • inferno10, on 03/13/2008, -0/+30I think this one is better, since it's exposed better and includes people for perspective: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3224/2327255182_5ba ...
    • sgtbutterscotch, on 03/13/2008, -0/+2whoa, this is much better. should've submitted it.
    • cybermerge, on 03/13/2008, -3/+1actually, i think the exposure and etherial effect in the posted one is much more impressive
    • id10, on 03/13/2008, -0/+2it's not big enough to make it my desktop background
    • senatorpjt, on 03/13/2008, -0/+1I like the one in this article better, it has more contrast. I thought yours was too flat.
  • WillynLilly, on 03/13/2008, -4/+3God took a fat bong rip and blew it on Florida. I don't see no space ship.
  • flashpointbob, on 03/13/2008, -1/+5I like how the ducks are just chilling and watching the shuttle launch.
  • dannyminick, on 03/13/2008, -0/+0freakin sweet, especially since the HD cameras on TV went freaking out just as it launched...
  • SpykerSpeed, on 03/13/2008, -11/+2Oh, another launch. What's this one for? Anything useful?
    • Dokument, on 03/13/2008, -1/+1more sex in space experiments
    • CazMo, on 03/13/2008, -3/+4Oh another war, What's this one for? Anything useful? Yea.. and the War costs 50x more, so SHYYYAAAAADAAAP *slap*
      • SpykerSpeed, on 03/13/2008, -3/+4You're assuming I was for the war. Better luck next time.
      • CazMo, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1Actually, like a typical selfish asshole, you assumed i was talking about you, and not proving a point that the government is worried about the wrong *****. Sometimes, alot of them hold the same opinion as you. "Oh.. a billion dollar space mission? Super.." Well ***** off with your close-minded attitude.. space exploration is alot more important than a semi-fraudulent war on terror..
    • topace3000, on 03/13/2008, -0/+3Actually this launch is the one that's supposed to add the most useful stuff yet to the ISS.
      • SpykerSpeed, on 03/13/2008, -5/+1"The most useful stuff yet"... lol. I love the specificity. NASA is a ***** joke.
        • RogerStrong, on 03/13/2008, -1/+3You can always go back to watching American Idol.
        • CazMo, on 03/14/2008, -0/+2He probably watches Bill O-Reily more than he does american idol., and also.. he said "useful stuff" because your original comment said "Anything useful?"

          Again, your blind arrogance makes you look like a jackass.
    • RogerStrong, on 03/13/2008, -1/+2Yes. A new lab, and a robot to help with construction and maintenance on the space station.
      • SpykerSpeed, on 03/13/2008, -4/+1With the ultimate goal being...? We've already taken all the pretty high-altitude pictures, done all the experiments in zero-G, etc. It's a waste of taxpayer dollars at this point.
  • Bologner, on 03/13/2008, -3/+3I will not make a penis joke.
  • i70CuDa, on 03/13/2008, -0/+1big eye in the sky
  • HiKevinRose, on 03/13/2008, -0/+8"Houston, we have penetrated the clouds."
  • CazMo, on 03/13/2008, -1/+2It's the Cloverfield Monster! SPOILER ALERT OMGGG
  • INDOAZZ, on 03/13/2008, -0/+2Firefox Skin update
  • idavidcrockett, on 03/13/2008, -2/+100Radar Operator: Colonel, you better have a look at this radar.
    Colonel: What is it, son?
    Radar Operator: I don't know, sir, but it looks like a giant...
    Jet Pilot: Dick. Dick, take a look out of starboard.
    Co-Pilot: Oh my God, it looks like a huge...
    Bird-Watching Woman: Pecker.
    Bird-Watching Man: [raising binoculars] Ooh, Where?
    Bird-Watching Woman: Over there. What sort of bird is that? Wait, it's not a woodpecker, it looks like someone's...
    Army Sergeant: Privates. We have reports of an unidentified flying object. It has a long, smooth shaft, complete with...
    Baseball Umpire: Two balls.
    [looking up from game]
    Baseball Umpire: What is that. It looks just like an enormous...
    Chinese Teacher: Wang. pay attention.
    Wang: I was distracted by that giant flying...
    Musician: Willie.
    Willie: Yeah?
    Musician: What's that?
    Willie: [squints] Well, that looks like a huge...
    Colonel: Johnson.
    Radar Operator: Yes, sir?
    Colonel: Get on the horn to British Intelligence and let them know about this.
  • Brian48216, on 03/13/2008, -0/+6To bring some perspective on how bright that launch was,
    The exif data has the iso speed at 400, f/6.3, with a shutter speed of 1/60.
    Considering how hard it is to capture anything in low light, and how much detail managed to be captured, this picture really doesn't convey how bright that launch is.
    • catachip, on 03/13/2008, -0/+2I was working at KSC last summer and saw the Endeavour launch from about 2 miles away. I couldn't even look at it as it was lifting off the ground, there was just this bright, white light.
  • cybermerge, on 03/13/2008, -0/+2very nice, you only get one chance for a photo like that
  • chinolofus, on 03/13/2008, -16/+3cool a pic of how my tax money is wasted.
    • Railz, on 03/13/2008, -2/+10NASA is the last thing I consider wasted.
    • moolaismyfriend, on 03/13/2008, -3/+2Cool a ***** head who will walk into a hospital one day to take advantage of the great advancement of human knowledge gained through the tireless selfless work of a great many men/woman to save his own pathetic waste of an ignorant life.

      Thanks for reminding me of the other part of society that drags upon the advancement of our great species.
    • zeabu, on 03/13/2008, -1/+2Don't have to be in Iraq? Stupid *****. They should put even more money in this.
  • soheila8ixora, on 03/13/2008, -4/+0salam
  • donkz, on 03/13/2008, -0/+1quick, someone draw a blue cloud on the bottom with rocket coming out of it!
  • moolaismyfriend, on 03/13/2008, -0/+1inspirational
  • peterkay, on 03/13/2008, -0/+2The Video:
    http://digg.com/space/Night_Launch_Gorgeous_Video
    • zeabu, on 03/13/2008, -0/+1Yes SPAMboi, we know already. Stop repeating.
  • shiddysmurf, on 03/13/2008, -0/+1Nice photo but the PS on the reflection is mediocre at best.
  • joepacific, on 03/13/2008, -6/+0Looks like God taking a ***** all over NASA... and it's a squirter
  • Osahar, on 03/13/2008, -1/+1Here's a cool night launch vid:
    http://www.thirdeyeconcept.com/forums/index.php?to ...
  • oneofone2007, on 03/13/2008, -0/+2I was lucky enough to see a night launch a few years back before we lost Columbus, there truly spectacular.
  • Culero, on 03/13/2008, -2/+1....is it gay of me to say it's reminiscent of ***** n balls? uh...my own of course...
    • rusty0101, on 03/13/2008, -0/+1Only if that's a glory hole that's so bright...
    • SamanthaEvans, on 03/13/2008, -0/+0Umm, well to me it looks more like looking directly up at an elephant, to each his own though!
  • JEBUSCRYST, on 03/13/2008, -3/+0Looks like a dick with testicles
  • Turr, on 03/13/2008, -1/+2badass
  • PixelMagic, on 03/13/2008, -0/+1Images like this make me want to bust one.
  • velkymx, on 03/13/2008, -0/+1Widescreen Wallpaper: http://www.synergymx.com/page.php?Title=Shuttle_La ...
  • wemustbenuts, on 03/13/2008, -0/+1Quite spectacular!!!
  • markurhenry, on 03/13/2008, -6/+1this picture is worth a thousand words
    dblogmania.blogspot.com
  • AstronomyGuy85, on 03/13/2008, -0/+0it looked better in person
  • 8656, on 03/13/2008, -1/+0reminds me of Cloverfield... nice pic
  • Erik1, on 03/13/2008, -1/+2Here's a 1440x900 version that I made for myself and thought I would share: http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/2458/1440900lau ...
  • Daggerfall, on 03/13/2008, -0/+1Climax of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" anyone?
  • ashley059, on 03/13/2008, -5/+0that was amazing....
    http://www.autoinsuranceselect.com/video577/lambor ...
  • ns4eva, on 03/13/2008, -0/+0Very nice photo. Reminds me of when I was about 10 and visiting family in Tampa, you could actually stand outside and see a launch when it got to a certain height. Amazing sight even being on the other side of Florida.
  • dougerdo, on 03/13/2008, -0/+2I watched this on Tuesday on HDNET in full 1080. It was beautiful.
  • Sharky35, on 03/13/2008, -2/+2NASA simulation of "How to be an effective Governor"
  • foodude, on 03/13/2008, -2/+1Polluting, but ah so beautiful.
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