I saw the July 7, 2000 Minuteman II launch from Burbank and it was very spectacular. First an orange elongated flame (through binoculars) rising up from the horizon. There were some changes in intensity due to staging events presumably. Three orange "sparks" could be seen falling away behind the missile. Then when it reached a certain altitude it was in sunlight and the third stage kicked in (?). There was a sudden circular expanding display (reminding me of an explosion) and a giant white diamond pattern grew high in the sky with an intense white light in the middle. We were basically looking down the tailpipe as the missile continued to climb higher over the Pacific. A blue narrow oval shape continued to remain visible in the sky for at least 20 min. after all else was gone. Jake Rees Burbank, CA ____________NetZero Free Internet Access and Email_________ Download Now http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html Request a CDROM 1-800-333-3633 ___________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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