I caught this same pass from my garage roof. Wonderful site. The Shuttle was 'leading' and to the right of the ISS (from my perspective). At about 20 degrees in elevation, I extended my thumb out and covered each object. As they approached 40 degrees, I could put my thumb out between them and see each object. The shuttle was beautiful as it entered the shadow. There was a definite color change to orange-red - though I did not see the ISS change color as it entered the shadow a few seconds later. Glad to have seen them! Daniel Crawford Crystal, MN On 12/19/06, Tom Wagner <sciteach@mchsi.com> wrote: > I saw and photographed the fine pair from a small country graveyard a few > miles south of Waterloo, Iowa. It was dark and creepy there. I set up my > tripod on a narrow gritty road using my car to block some of the frigid > wind. > > While on my back beside my setup, at 18:34 my cell phone alarm went off as > scheduled. I quickly turned my camera on and counted off 30 seconds to the > time I opened the shutter. I didn't know what to expect since I was in a > hurry before hand and only checked the ISS's path. I was hoping to get the > transit into the Earth's shadow. With my heart pounding in anticipation the > pair emerged from behind the cemetery pines. I was amazed at how beautiful > they were in formation! If only there was some sort of music in the > background to set it off I thought. Everything was so quiet. Appropriate for > my location I suppose. > > The Shuttle was a lot less bright than the ISS. Neither was anywhere near as > bright as the pair was high in the sky the night before. The Shuttle drifted > into shadow earlier that what I anticipated. Nuts! The trees I was near for > effect covered more of its track than I wanted them to. The ISS darkened > several seconds later. Neither turned red this time. > > I have a picture of the pair posted here: > http://img.geocaching.com/cache/88a7c66a-69ab-4b05-8f49-d7ef3a95a979.jpg > > I wish them well on their return home. There's a lot of K.E. to disperse > between now and then. > > Tom Iowa USA > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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