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Space Shuttle Atlantis, Space Shuttle Endeavour, 2 Rainbows

pao.ksc.nasa.gov — Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S.A. -- With two rainbows framing the Launch Complex 39 area in the early morning at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 20 September 2008, NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis (foreground) sits on pad A and NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour (upper left) on pad B. Photographer: Troy Cryder, NASA

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  • vroom101, on 09/20/2008, -4/+34Bandwidth-friendly, 3000 x 2000 pixels: http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ksc08pd27 ... (img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ksc08pd2726twoshuttlesuf9.jpg)

    Via: KSC-08PD-2726, http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediai ... (mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=37475)

    A few more high-resolution photos snapped on 20 September 2008 . . .

    1. Space Shuttle Atlantis (foreground) and Space Shuttle Endeavour (background): http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/images/large/08 ... (www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/images/large/08pd2737.jpg) via KSC-08PD-2737, http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediai ... (mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=37485)

    2. Space Shuttle Atlantis (foreground), Space Shuttle Endeavour (background) and a rainbow: http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/images/large/08 ... (www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/images/large/08pd2730.jpg) via KSC-08PD-2730, http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediai ... (mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=37479)

    3. Space Shuttle Atlantis (foreground) and Space Shuttle Endeavour (background) http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/images/large/08 ... (www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/images/large/08pd2731.jpg) via KSC-08PD-2731, http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediai ... (mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=37480)
  • monkyboyrr, on 09/20/2008, -0/+15what an amazing scene.
  • inactive, on 09/21/2008, -6/+15This already made front page:
    http://digg.com/space/Two_Space_Shuttles_One_Rainb ...
  • Troy64, on 09/21/2008, -1/+9I now have a new desktop background.
  • masterc, on 09/22/2008, -0/+6Oh yeah? I have one with EIGHT rainbows.

    http://img401.imageshack.us/my.php?image=eightrain ...
  • PabloIV, on 09/21/2008, -0/+6I saw one with one rainbow but this one evidently wins.
  • sockpuppets, on 09/22/2008, -0/+5Which one is Bruce Willis on?
  • DeFex, on 09/22/2008, -0/+5Tinfoil will protect you from barium.
  • vroom101, on 09/21/2008, -2/+64. International Space Station over the Ionian Sea, photographed from NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-118) on 19 August 2007: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle ... (spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-118/hires/s118e09467.jpg) via S118-E-09467, http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle ... (spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-118/html/s118e09467.html)

    "Other visible features of the southeastern Mediterranean region include the toe and heel features of Italy's 'boot' at lower left, and the western coastlines of Albania and Greece extend across the center. Further towards the horizon, the Aegean and Black Seas are also visible."


    5. NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-117), photographed from the International Space Station on 10 June 2007: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle ... (spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-117/hires/iss015e11727.jpg) via ISS015-E-11727, http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle ... (spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-117/html/iss015e11727.html)
  • TexasMd91, on 09/21/2008, -0/+4Can't wait for the image with 3 rainbows...
  • NOD32user, on 09/21/2008, -0/+4Win - but the other one is awesome also
  • Spade914, on 09/21/2008, -1/+5(Insert obligatory "2___, 1___" reference)
  • BZWingZero, on 09/21/2008, -0/+4LOX and LOH storage. One tank for each pad.
  • bravo1995, on 09/22/2008, -0/+3Liquid hydrogen (LH2) and liquid oxygen (LO2). LH2 is used as fuel for the Space Shuttle main engines, and LO2 is the oxidizer. Each sphere is 850,000 gallons, and each pad has one LH2 tank and one LO2 tank. Also, they have "NO SMOKING" painted on them in such a way that you can read it from about a mile away.
  • Merp08, on 09/21/2008, -0/+3Wow.... this is gorgeous, thanks!
  • inactive, on 09/22/2008, -0/+3yeah, but it's just the same thing from a different angle
  • vroom101, on 09/21/2008, -1/+46. Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-120), photographed from the International Space Station on 25 October 2007: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle ... (spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-120/hires/iss016e006333.jpg) via ISS016-E-006333, http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle ... (spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-120/html/iss016e006333.html)

    7. Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-108), protected by a Florida Air National Guard F-15C Eagle fighter jet assigned to the 125th Fighter Wing, 29 November 2001: http://web.archive.org/web/20071112114516/chamorro ... via photo 2 at http://web.archive.org/web/20071227143551/chamorro ... (web.archive.org/web/20071227143551/chamorrobible.org/gpw/gpw-20051129.htm)
  • jask0, on 09/22/2008, -1/+4Wasn't this on digg yesterday?
  • cuoops, on 09/22/2008, -0/+3I'm all for Digg being user generated, but these dupes are getting ridiculous.
  • MrFurious2k, on 09/22/2008, -0/+3Needs a unicorn to be complete. Dugg though.
  • klitzbtc, on 09/21/2008, -0/+2What are those white ball looking containers for.
  • judicar, on 09/21/2008, -1/+3Chemtrail rainbow produced after heavy spraying, probably barium.
  • xeno439, on 09/21/2008, -0/+2Dugg for duplicate.

    @hyper
    This was on the front page before. But this one has two rainbows.


    Now, this is going to get a little weird . . .
  • Dylson, on 09/21/2008, -0/+22 shuttles 1 rainbow.
  • jdpafundi, on 09/21/2008, -1/+3Absolutely astonishing scene. Man made beauty + mother nature's beauty = awe inspiring.
  • cyrix, on 09/21/2008, -0/+2Kinky...
  • Vertol, on 09/22/2008, -0/+2Last time there was 2 Shuttle's on the launch pad ! There was a giant Asteroid coming at the Earth !.
  • vroom101, on 09/22/2008, -0/+2There are TWO rainbows in this photo! This is the ONLY photo that I'm aware showing two shuttles on their launch pads AND a double rainbow -- it isn't a duplicate of anything!
  • doktorrocket, on 09/22/2008, -0/+2"Why not use the rescue shuttle for an ISS mission right after the Hubble mission?"

    They are. LON-400 becomes STS-126 if it's not needed for rescue. My understanding is that it will change launch pads, though, and need a payload change out. But the shuttle + tank + booster stack up is the same.
  • CMiYC, on 09/22/2008, -0/+2OMG Rainbows?!? What is they putting in our oxygen supply!?
  • bryan567, on 09/22/2008, -1/+3Winning pic will have......18 rainbows
  • inactive, on 09/22/2008, -1/+3"Buried for already being on the frontpage"
  • DeFex, on 09/22/2008, -0/+2Wait till Iran gets their hands on this "we have 43 space shuttles and 10 rainbows!! photos to prove it!"
  • brownbus, on 09/29/2008, -0/+1 I shot the stills. We shot Friday during STS-126 rollout and also Saturday morning. Friday we were in the air at dawn. Saturday we had to wait until 8:30. the video guy and I were bummed we wouldn't have the sunrise again. But were stoked to see the rainbow on our first pass.

    A friend sent me an email and said my shots were on Digg. How cool!


    Shot with 2 Canon 40D. One wit ha 70-2002.8 IS the other a 24-105 4.0 IS.
    Toy Cryder
    www.brownbusproductions.com
  • rnawky, on 09/21/2008, -0/+1Thanks for mirroring a picture on a US Government website with imageshack.
  • YouAreNumber6, on 09/21/2008, -0/+1Why not use the rescue shuttle for an ISS mission right after the Hubble mission? It's all ready to go.

    Also, this reminds me of science fiction space port paintings/covers. Forget flying cars - I was promised space ports!
  • iNoles, on 09/22/2008, -0/+1When they launched these shuttles, i be watching them outside.
  • somedirtbag, on 09/22/2008, -0/+1My bags are packed...
  • iChopPryde, on 09/22/2008, -0/+1I was thinking the same thing
  • mst3kcrow, on 09/21/2008, -1/+2Somewhere, two unicorns are engaging in intercourse.
  • TexasDude, on 09/22/2008, -0/+1nice.
  • vroom101, on 09/21/2008, -3/+4This picture has TWO rainbows.
  • fluoride, on 09/22/2008, -0/+1I'm wondering as to why there were two shuttles ready on the launch pad. They don't usually, ever launch two shuttles in extremely short periods of time, do they?
  • exhume, on 09/22/2008, -0/+1DAMN YOU MOONRAKER!!!
  • bravo1995, on 09/22/2008, -0/+1!
  • jaycers, on 09/22/2008, -0/+1The second, dimmer rainbow is a reflection of the first one. You can tell because the order of the colors is reversed.
  • futurepastnow, on 09/22/2008, -0/+1I could stare at pictures like this for hours, picking out little details...
  • hyperspaztik, on 09/21/2008, -1/+1Well then. I just remember seeing the same thing very recently.
  • Ex3poo, on 09/22/2008, -1/+1This looks familiar......
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