I would love to watch a shuttle launch. I was stationed at Vandenburg AFB during the 70's and got to see and was part of the count down of a number of launches during that time. The most impressive was the big Titan 3C's with the 9 boosters strapped on it. Talk about the ground shaking and roar. :D I took pictures of some of these but the film is buried somewhere amoung all my other stuff that is buried from long ago. The picture I wish I could have gotten though was one morning when I was heading up to work on the hill that overlooks the base. We had our usual ground fog that didn't go as high as the hill we worked on, so I broke out into sunshine before I got to my turn off. As I was looking out over the fog, I saw two bright glows and then two Minute Men missles came up out of the fog, turning and twisting as they aligned on the Pacific impact area they were heading for. Vandenburg was a training, testing and evaluation base for Minute Men missles and they were exciting to watch when I was around during their launching.
I wish I did more photography while I was there, but they didn't allow a lot of photography in the area.
Nice shot considering how far away you were.
Mike |
