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Trent Park, Herts
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Cropped from 1300mm, a little bit out of focus, a little bit of chromatic abberation, but not only can you see SRB separation, you can also see the three SSMEs! I didn't expect that kind of detail from such a cheap lens.
This is the best shot I could get because it launched 12 miles away from me, and by this time, the shuttle is about 30 miles high and 31 miles downrange, so that's like.....well... without all the trigonometry, its really, really far away from me.
Anyways, they separate after 126 seconds, at 30 miles high, but keep going up until 47 miles (About 70 seconds later). Then they start falling and end up in the Atlantic Ocean about 140 miles downrange. There, the Freedom Star and Liberty Star pick them up and tow them to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Click here to see the hangar they are taken to at CCAFS.
This is a really cool photo showing lines of separation. This was not Photoshopped in any way! Look closely.
A super cropped in view of the two stages separating at about 25 miles in altitude.
Note: The original photo from which this was cropped from was taken w/ a 400mm telephoto lens.