Andrew and I got up at 0300 to see the STS-109 re-entry plasma trail over Austin.
It was a cool, clear night... so we saw everything perfectly!
These pictures don't do that justice!
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This is the start of the pass... before I changed camera settings to get a brighter image!
You can clearly see the difference between Columbia and the plasma trail, though!
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A little blurry... sorry! :)
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Much better... you can start to see the plasma trail breaking up on the far left of the image.
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Good clear shot.
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I went back and took a shot of the rapidly thinning plasma trail...
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Columbia disappears over the horizon... note the gaps in the trail!
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Another "gap shot"...
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STS-109
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