4:49 am from Cincinnati. Sad that,s the last pass ill see with them both up there.
Edit:I had thought my lens filter needed cleaning, but this post suggests the haze around the trail is from the RCS thruster activity:
Wow, amazing video. What is the trail composed of? Or why is there that trail?
Found this video someone posted of Endeavour's reentry over Mexico today. WOW!
Quote from: shuttlefanatic on 05/30/2011 11:20 amEdit:I had thought my lens filter needed cleaning, but this post suggests the haze around the trail is from the RCS thruster activity:Not thruster firings, but a water dump.
Quote from: K466 on 06/01/2011 08:06 pmWow, amazing video. What is the trail composed of? Or why is there that trail?That is plasma, which is atmospheric gases that have been compressed to a temperature hotter than the surface of the Sun so it glows. Think of it as the wake around a ship, except that it is the surface of the sun.
Quote from: Naito on 06/01/2011 07:22 pmFound this video someone posted of Endeavour's reentry over Mexico today. WOW!Thanks for the pointer...looks like footage from Houston during earlier nighttime re-entries.