by BadGirlM » Mon Sep 03, 2012 12:39 am
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>That does resemble a crescent moon, doesn't it? But I would expect the moon to be brighter in such a long-exposure photo, and it looks a little bit ragged to me, i.e. not perfectly round. Another clue might be that its light is orange like the rocket trail. So perhaps the orange light of the rocket motor is shining on some curvy clouds? Could it have anything to do with SRB jettison?<
Two thing trouble me on this. If you blow the pic up, celestial movement is vertical, as it should be.
1) As previously mentioned, the round object seems to be the Moon, very nearly in New Phase.
2) Could the minor elongation of this object be due to the 3 min exposure?
Occham's Razor, folks, "the simplest answer is usually the right one. So, I put forward that this photo, as mentioned is a composite, has the Launch but the previous one includes the near New Moon.
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>That does resemble a crescent moon, doesn't it? But I would expect the moon to be brighter in such a long-exposure photo, and it looks a little bit ragged to me, i.e. not perfectly round. Another clue might be that its light is orange like the rocket trail. So perhaps the orange light of the rocket motor is shining on some curvy clouds? Could it have anything to do with SRB jettison?<
Two thing trouble me on this. If you blow the pic up, celestial movement is vertical, as it should be.
1) As previously mentioned, the round object seems to be the Moon, very nearly in New Phase.
2) Could the minor elongation of this object be due to the 3 min exposure?
Occham's Razor, folks, "the simplest answer is usually the right one. So, I put forward that this photo, as mentioned is a composite, has the Launch but the previous one includes the near New Moon.