Yesterday we took a break from yard work (and the astonishing heat) and ventured over to Titusville on Florida’s Atlantic coast to witness one of the most gorgeous sights known to modern man…the launch of an actual space-faring vehicle, as captured (unfortunately through an impressive late-afternoon Florida humidity haze) above.
It is amazing how many people still turn out, in person, on a sweltering Florida day, in a tiny little town like Titusville, to watch this 31 year old miracle of engineering. There is no sense of ennui from those watching, no indication that any one of the thousands of people clapping and cheering it on were the least bit jaded by time, toil, or mishap. It is still one of the most exciting things we’ve ever seen, an actual spaceship, going into space.
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on Jun 1st, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Stacy, Very cool. I managed to see a night lift off from New Smyrna Beach a couple of years ago… it was thrilling.
on Jun 2nd, 2008 at 10:13 am
A friend used to say that watching that was like watching a god leave the earth.
on Jun 2nd, 2008 at 10:15 am
@Caitlin: I can see that, yeah. Even as close as we were, the thing ascends in perfect silence…and then the earthquake of SOUND hits you, rattles your chest, feels like it tries to change your heartbeat. Never, ever gets old.
on Jun 2nd, 2008 at 12:22 pm
What an amazing thing that must be to see in person. Fabulous shots.