STS-132 launch photos

[rtphokie]

Caught the launch of STS-132 on Friday from the visitors complex (about 7 miles from the launch pad). All shots are from my Canon EOS 350D with a 300mm lens and lots of cropping.

Rocket garden makes a nice foreground.

into a cloud

and out

SRB separation.

plume post launch

And a bonus manatee photo from the KARS NASA employee recreation park a couple hours after launch.

 

[SrisonS]

Awesome shots!!!!!! I took a couple of pictures from here in Orlando; but they definitely aren't worth posting. I hope to get closer to KSC for one of the final launches though.

 

[poohj80]

Here's a few of mine taken from the Causeway....

 

[rtphokie]

Excellent! I've seen a couple of scrubs from the causeway but never a launch. You had a pretty long lens there.

 

[poohj80]

Excellent! I've seen a couple of scrubs from the causeway but never a launch. You had a pretty long lens there.

My mongo lens - 1000x