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Randy
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 Posted - 08/19/2010 : 09:12:03
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http://www.wimp.com/rocketbooster/
This is the first time I've seen this aspect of a shuttle launch.
NASA attached a audio/video camera to one of the space shuttle's rocket boosters. The video appears to start about 15 seconds after launch. You may want to turn your audio down a bit.
At around 120 seconds, you can easily hear the explosive bolts releasing the boosters from the shuttle at the upper reaches of the atmosphere.
Note at about 289 seconds the look-back showing the distant launch plume.
Nearing the end, the video switches to a top mounted camera showing the parachutes being deployed and splash-down of the rocket booster.
Fantastic!
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Dave W.
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Randy
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USA
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Posted - 08/19/2010 : 14:51:25 [Permalink]
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Here's a couple different view...
Looking down during launch.
Cockpit view. |
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Machi4velli
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Posted - 08/20/2010 : 19:42:30 [Permalink]
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| What's with the optics? Why does the curvature of the Earth appear to change from convex to concave? |
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Randy
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Posted - 08/20/2010 : 19:58:03 [Permalink]
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| You mean the first video?... my guess it's a ultra wide angle lens they're using that causes some distortion, along with rotation of the camera's position relative to the earth. |
"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."
"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
-Neil DeGrasse Tyson |
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Dr. Mabuse
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 Posted - 08/21/2010 : 12:45:40 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Randy
You mean the first video?... my guess it's a ultra wide angle lens they're using that causes some distortion |
Yes, that's a classic fish-eye distorsion from an ultra wide angle lens.
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Machi4velli
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Posted - 08/21/2010 : 14:35:54 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
Yes, that's a classic fish-eye distorsion from an ultra wide angle lens.
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Cool, optics would be interesting to study :) |
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NASA rocket booster footage...very cool
