Space Shuttle Discovery's Last Voyage
Space shuttle Discovery on its final flight to the Smithsonian in Washington, DC.. This pic was taken from the rooftop at Dulles International Airport Parking ...
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Space shuttle Discovery on its final flight to the Smithsonian in Washington, DC.. This pic was taken from the rooftop at Dulles International Airport Parking Garage
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john_arsenault
June 15, 2016
perfect timing, exposure, focus, compositon, everything; a masterpiece!
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RMBphoto
June 01, 2018
Well done! This would go great in my Space Vehicles challenge. You can find it on my profile under Challenges and then "created".
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Location
April 17, 2012 - I was standing on the rooftop of the Parking Garage at Dulles International Airport in Washington DCTime
Approx 1030 AM ESTLighting
Natural LightingEquipment
Nikon D300Inspiration
Being a "NASA/ Space Shuttle Geek", and having already covered 2 Shuttle Launches, I wanted to photograph the Shuttle while on piggy back to it's 747. Hearing about the Discovery flying into Dulles (Found out April 16) the following day, I grabbed my camera, and jumped in the car and drove the 4 1/2 hrs to DC to be able to capture this photo. While standing on the rooftop of the parking garage, Discovery made several low flying passes over the airport prior to landing at Dulles. It was such a fantastic feeling being able to capture part of the NASA/Shuttle history. (I had photographed Discovery's Night Launch Dec 9, 2006 from the VIP Viewing Area at Banana Creek, so it was like this journey had come full circle for me).Editing
NoneIn my camera bag
Nikon D300, Nikon D90 or Nikon D5300, 70-200MM Zoom, and 18-55mm standard lensFeedback
Can Not be duplicated anymore :( The Space Shuttle Program has ended and the shuttles are now in their forever homes...
