Comments on: SERIOUSLY jaw-dropping pictures of Endeavour and the ISS!

By: Bookmarks for June 6th from 08:00 to 17:53 | Sumit Paul-Choudhury

Bookmarks for June 6th from 08:00 to 17:53 | Sumit Paul-Choudhury — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:05:18 +0000

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By: M K Chandrasekhar

M K Chandrasekhar — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 21:40:40 +0000

Vvvvvvvowwwww!!!

By: Tamara

Tamara — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 03:38:29 +0000

Server hiccup. Apologies for the double comment

By: Tamara

Tamara — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 03:34:19 +0000

Embiggen is a perfectly cromulent word.

Lovely pictures.

By: Nic

Nic — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 23:41:08 +0000

Oh wow, that is NICE.

By: Messier Tidy Upper

Messier Tidy Upper — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 07:01:29 +0000

WOW! 8)

That. Is. One. Superluminous. Photo.

By: Don

Don — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 06:11:15 +0000

As always, the fact that he manages to perfectly nail it every damn time is amazing and unbelievable.

Not to say that Theirry is not a good photographer, but it was mentioned that he did have to travel to three different countries to capture these images. I’m sure even Ansel Adams discarded quite a few glass plates in his time.

BTW, an interesting tidbit I found on Wikipedia about Adams, his father bought him a telescope at an early age. His father was also the secretary-treasurer of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

By: Jack Hagerty

Jack Hagerty — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 02:24:05 +0000

5. Tom Says: “The middle and right-hand images of the ISS and Shuttle make a VERY good cross-eyed view 3D image.”

Thanks for pointing this out! It’s amazing how much more information you get when joining two images this way. In each image the tail end of the shuttle looks like featureless blobs, but in 3D you can make out the bulging contours of the OMS pods! (Those are the two nacelles on either side of the tail that house the maneuvering engines).

Oh, BTW, Phil, that “dark vertical line on the Orbiter’s tail fin” is the rudder. It’s astounding that you can make out pieces of an aircraft from that distance!

- Jack

By: Ick of the East

Ick of the East — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 01:31:03 +0000

@ 17 Joseph

There are hundreds of places online to get anaglyph glasses. But you should know that I’ve got some “quality” ones with plastic frames and lenses and some made of cardboard and cellophane. But the image from the cheap ones is actually better, with less ghosting, than the more expensive ones.

By: RWMuel

RWMuel — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 21:21:17 +0000

Nice Image of the Shuttle docked at the ISS, but the AMS is on the Starboard side of the ISS, not the Port Side. For orientation, the Shuttle is at the front if the station with it’s tail pointing in the nadir direction. The highlighted object is an External Stowage Platform. The AMS is almost as visible on the opposite side.