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In-flight iPhone snaps Space Shuttle launch
The Unofficial Apple Weblog ^ | May 17, 2011 | Chris Rawson

Posted on 05/17/2011 7:50:28 AM PDT by 6SJ7

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Neat photo of Space Shuttle heading into orbit. Photo taken onboard a commercial aircraft using an iPhone.
1 posted on 05/17/2011 7:50:30 AM PDT by 6SJ7
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Now THAT is cool!


2 posted on 05/17/2011 7:51:44 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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An earlier launch captured on video from airliner.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE_USPTmYXM


3 posted on 05/17/2011 7:55:01 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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Don’t know what all the fuss is about. That’s clearly a contrail from a passenger jet

:0)


4 posted on 05/17/2011 7:59:15 AM PDT by agere_contra ("Debt is the foundation of destruction" : Sarah Palin.)
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You sure that’s a rocket launch? Looks more like a plane contrail to me. ;-D


5 posted on 05/17/2011 8:00:28 AM PDT by Free Vulcan (Vote Republican! You can vote Democrat when you're dead.)
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Clearly, that photo is just a commercial jet liner approaching from over the horizon! ;-)


6 posted on 05/17/2011 8:00:50 AM PDT by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them)
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No man, it's an evil plot. They call them con-trails but, they are really spraying mind control drugs getting ready for 12.21.2012! /s
7 posted on 05/17/2011 8:01:23 AM PDT by WakeUpAndVote
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Don’t know what all the fuss is about. That’s clearly a contrail from a passenger jet

Dad gum.... you gotta be QUICK on the trigger round heah!

8 posted on 05/17/2011 8:02:10 AM PDT by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them)
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Damn you! :-D


9 posted on 05/17/2011 8:03:19 AM PDT by Free Vulcan (Vote Republican! You can vote Democrat when you're dead.)
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>>>Don’t know what all the fuss is about. That’s clearly a contrail from a passenger jet

Nope. It’s unicorn farts.


10 posted on 05/17/2011 8:04:21 AM PDT by Keith in Iowa (FR Class of 1998 | TV News is an oxymoron. | MSNBC = Moonbats Spouting Nothing But Crap.)
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If I hadn’t known what it was, I would have guessed a pic through a microscope of a sperm fertilizing an egg..


11 posted on 05/17/2011 8:05:44 AM PDT by ken5050 (Save the Earth..It's the only planet with chocolate!!!)
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Now there you go again...
12 posted on 05/17/2011 8:06:30 AM PDT by McGruff (When it comes to Obama's birth certificate. Trust, but verify.)
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Actually, its a picture of a commercial airliner taken from the nose camera of a Chinese ICBM.


13 posted on 05/17/2011 8:08:09 AM PDT by Pan_Yan
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cool photo.

Looks like the North Pole pole is crooked. Must be melting with all that globull warming.

14 posted on 05/17/2011 8:11:49 AM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop
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Looks like the North Pole pole is crooked.

Damn you Denmark!

15 posted on 05/17/2011 8:13:29 AM PDT by agere_contra ("Debt is the foundation of destruction" : Sarah Palin.)
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Don’t know what all the fuss is about. That’s clearly a contrail from a passenger jet

:0)

RATS! You beat me to it.


16 posted on 05/17/2011 8:22:22 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (What's "My Struggle" in Kenyan?)
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Here's another shot taken from a students baloon experiment.


The balloon was sent up from Gainesville, FLorida earlier that morning. It was called Senatobia-1. I know the size is large for posting but ist looked to good to reduce it. I apologize for that. Please allow it this time.
17 posted on 05/17/2011 8:25:04 AM PDT by NCC-1701 (In Memphis on January 20, 2009, pump price were $1.49. We all know what happened after that.)
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Clearly, that photo is just a commercial jet liner approaching from over the horizon! ;-)

Vogon Constructor Fleet entering earth orbit.

18 posted on 05/17/2011 8:46:47 AM PDT by 6SJ7 (atlasShruggedInd = TRUE)
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nice


19 posted on 05/17/2011 8:49:22 AM PDT by Teacher317 (really?)
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To: 6SJ7; Swordmaker
Father and Son Launch APPLE iPhone into SPACE
20 posted on 05/17/2011 9:44:52 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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