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--Boundary_(ID_e7DHHgUcZExgGRI2x2+zFQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Whatever was blocking my posts to NatureNS, apparently no longer exists; I see that my message posted this morning (Re: Hummingbirds) came through. There were very good visible passes each night, for both the ISS and Discovery, right up to and including Discovery's last orbit Friday evening, just before it made a successful landing in California at 9:53 ADT. The ISS sailed over N.S. with its remaining crew of 6, on a long, high pass, between 9:23:30 and 9:27:30 ADT (p.m.). http:// www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html The most exciting pass was the one Wednesday evening. Just as the shuttle came into view from the westward, it became surrounded by a white cloud. For a few moments, it looked like a comet. Reports received say this was a scheduled water dump, part of preparations for returning to Earth. The water immediately formed ice crystals that for a brief period orbited along with the shuttle. I found the timing for the dump to be interesting. It was 2009-09-09 very close to (within seconds of) 09:09:09 p.m. I had my camera originally set up to get a 20 sec exposure of the ISS and the shuttle track at the peak of their pass, but the camera was pointed northward and by the time the shuttle reached that area of sky the cloud had dissipated. A fellow on PEI caught part of it in a photo posted to Spaceweather ( http://spaceweather3.com/archive.php? view=1&day=10&month=09&year=2009 ). My pass photos taken a few moments later are posted here (Shuttle) (Space Station). The ISS makes a pass across the northward this evening from out of the west about 8:48 p.m., max alt about 31 degrees; you can check it from your location at this link based on your postal code. ( http:// www.spaceweather.com/flybys/?PHPSESSID=g8qk1bhbphu63jt88v9drvd3s5 ) Sherman --Boundary_(ID_e7DHHgUcZExgGRI2x2+zFQ) Content-type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Whatever was blocking my posts = to NatureNS, apparently no longer exists; I see that my message = posted this morning (Re: Hummingbirds) came = through.<div><br></div><div>There were very good visible passes each = night, for both the ISS and Discovery, right up to and including = Discovery's last orbit Friday evening, just before it made a successful = landing in California at 9:53 ADT. The ISS sailed over = N.S. with its remaining crew of 6, on a long, high pass, = between 9:23:30 and 9:27:30 ADT (p.m.). <a = href=3D"http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html">http://= www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html</a></div><div><br></div= ><div>The most exciting pass was the one Wednesday evening. Just = as the shuttle came into view from the westward, it became surrounded by = a white cloud. For a few moments, it looked like a comet. = Reports received say this was a scheduled water dump, part of = preparations for returning to Earth. The water immediately formed = ice crystals that for a brief period orbited along with the shuttle. I = found the timing for the dump to be interesting. It was = 2009-09-09 very close to (within seconds of) 09:09:09 = p.m.</div><div><br></div><div>I had my camera originally set up to get a = 20 sec exposure of the ISS and the shuttle track at the peak of their = pass, but the camera was pointed northward and by the time the shuttle = reached that area of sky the cloud had dissipated. A fellow on PEI = caught part of it in a photo posted to Spaceweather ( <a = href=3D"http://spaceweather3.com/archive.php?view=3D1&day=3D10&mon= th=3D09&year=3D2009">http://spaceweather3.com/archive.php?view=3D1&= ;day=3D10&month=3D09&year=3D2009</a> ). My = pass photos taken a few moments later are posted here (<a = href=3D"http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/home_page_nuv_files/STS128-90= 909.jpg">Shuttle</a>) (<a = href=3D"http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/home_page_nuv_files/ISS-90909= .jpg">Space Station</a>).</div><div><br></div><div>The ISS makes a pass = across the northward this evening from out of the west about 8:48 p.m., = max alt about 31 degrees; you can check it from your location at this = link based on your postal code. ( <a = href=3D"http://www.spaceweather.com/flybys/?PHPSESSID=3Dg8qk1bhbphu63jt88v= 9drvd3s5">http://www.spaceweather.com/flybys/?PHPSESSID=3Dg8qk1bhbphu63jt8= 8v9drvd3s5</a> )</div><div><br></div><div>Sherman</div></body><= /html>= --Boundary_(ID_e7DHHgUcZExgGRI2x2+zFQ)--
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