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OV-103 (cn OV-103) One quite impressive candle (really from 2 SRBs and three engines) celebrating the 230th birthday anniversary of the signing of the American Declaration of Independence was lit today. Discovery started STS-121 mission with a liftoff at 2:37:55 pm EDT (1837:55 GMT) from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. End of roll manouver (at 2:38:13 PM EST @ 1002MPH & T+00:18). [Canon 1Ds Mk II; F/2.8 400mm L IS; ISO 100; shutter speed 2000]

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A visitor from Iran, Islamic Republic Of posted Mon June 22, 2009: Very nice shot!
A visitor from - posted Mon March 30, 2009: Towards the stars! For all mankind!
A visitor from United States posted Thu February 8, 2007: I thought it was a good picture because of the nice colors. The sky is blue, the smoke is white and the flame is orange.I also liked the clarity and details.
A visitor from United States posted Thu February 1, 2007: Suresh, I wish you could mentor me
A visitor from United States posted Wed January 31, 2007: Nice to see such a beautiful blue sky contrasting the white smoke and orange flame. Also, the huge length of the soke and flame is quite evident as the shuttle fuel tank,solid rocket boosters are quite long -by human measures. Great shot.
A visitor from United States posted Tue January 30, 2007: Great use of space, and rich contrast in colors.
A visitor from United States posted Sun January 28, 2007: Look at that flame and smoke. nice photo
A visitor from United States posted Thu July 20, 2006: I was forty miles away when it launched, and you could clearly see the flames coming out of the boosters. a sight i will never forget, great picture!
A visitor from Canada posted Mon July 10, 2006: I watched that on the headrest while i was flying to calgary, excellent photo,
A visitor from United States posted Fri July 7, 2006: Go Baby Go!
A visitor from Poland posted Thu July 6, 2006: Superb. Pozdrawiam Mati
A visitor from United States posted Thu July 6, 2006: Great picture!!! I witnessed it myself...on saturday i was gonna go to see it from cocoa beach but i left my house too late and got stucked on 528 and ended up on a freeway bridge with bunch of other "late" people(good for me they didnt launch it) On tuesday though..i got one of the best spots in Titusville and enjoyed this impressive show.Really beautiful!
A visitor from United States posted Thu July 6, 2006: Thats one big blow torch!
A visitor from Mexico posted Thu July 6, 2006: Excellent photo! Thanks for sharing.

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