distant-traveller: Stunning photo captures awe inspiring NASA…



distant-traveller:

Stunning photo captures awe inspiring NASA rocket launch amidst star trails

The rotation of the Earth captured in the trails of the stars over Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Jan 23, 2014. NASA’s latest Tracking & Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-L, is seen here hitching a fiery ride to orbit atop an Atlas-V rocket, as viewed from the Turn Basin on Kennedy Space Center just a few miles away.

Image credit: Mike Killian

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