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Not really pleased with the shots I got, but thrilled to have witnessed the final flight of the Endeavour as it comes to live here in Los Angeles
The Vehicle Assembly Building is 525 feet tall and is where the orbiter, SRBs and external fuel tank are mated prior to being rolled out to the pad. It was originally built and used for Apollo.
Very very hard to photograph and this was the best I could do... the speed through the sky meant that my tripod was still wobbling from the mirror movement as the ISS and shuttle flew overhead.
Visible in the western skies over Southwest france at 20:08 for just under three minutes.