I saw a related pic at the ksc.nasa.gov site, looking at the archive area, and in the pic some astronauts had used a mirror to view...not sure if the same technique was used in what you describe...I think the discharges could be ionization in the plasma trail...but I do not know for sure...tonyp Dale Ireland wrote: > The were some very interesting video clips on the news tonight taken from > inside a Shuttle during a previous reentry. Looking out the front windows > from behind the pilot at the bright red glow and looking back at the plasma > trail. questions: How did they get a shot out the back or down the side of > the shuttle looking back?? A camera back where the engines are perhaps? I > had never seen anything like it... and.. both shots showed very bright > flashes every few seconds like electrical discharges not the smooth > nonvariable plasma trail that we have been discussing, any idea what that > was? > Dale > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' > in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org > http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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