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Published: 2008-06-30 17:11:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 960; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 36
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My mom took this picture, but it's too amazing not to share.This March my family and i got to see a NASA night launch live (cause i'm awesome--- really, i am). it was probably the coolest thing i ever saw. this is a picture i took after it lifted off and was above the clouds. after the liftoff and before the acid cloud. admittedly, getting chased by a hydrochloric acid cloud at 2:30 am isn't all that great, but the launch was amazing. if you ever get the chance to go, GO. and watch out for the acid cloud.
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Haha, I'll pass on the compliment. 
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Thanks so much!
This was incredible to see... I hope I can see another launch again someday.
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Wow i think it looks very impressive to see that!!! Amazing shot!!
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thanks.
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haha. that was my response. it was cool...
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I AGREE! The closest I've come to a rocket launch was the model rocket day at my camp. we shot off rockets made by us. Admittedly dangerous, seeing as we shot them AT cabins...(250+ yards away but still) >.> my parachute burst into flames and my rocket almost crashed into the window of my brothers cabin. ^_____^**
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that sound brilliant!! a tad insane, but then again, genius only looks crazy to the normal ones. you can never go wrong with fiery parachutes XD
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That is nothing short of amazing. What a capture; so surreal.
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much thanks. for an amateur photographer, that really means a lot.
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That is GLORIOUS! I like how there's a little residual glow under the cloud.
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thank you. (i say that a lot, don't i? what else is there?)
ha ha! yeah, it was pretty sweet. it doesn't quite look real, but it is. it's one of those things you can replay in your mind over and over and over, it was that amazing.
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I wish I could go see something like that, but I don't live anywhere near a launch site, Where was that taken by the way?
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the banana river, me thinks. we were as close as humanely possible. any closer is apparently 'life-threatening'. FRONT ROW SEATS!!!
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Threats to life are what make life worthwhile.
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well, supposedly, if you're within 400 ft., the heat can get you, if you're within 80 ft. the sound will get ya, and if you're within 1200 ft. the biggest thing you have to worry about are the alligators eating you because the sound drives them bonkers RUN FROM THE GATORS!!! RUN!!!
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Gators!? Haha! I've got a story about gators! Wanna hear it?
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sure!!! gators are cool!!!
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Sorry, I forgot the story I was going to tell. I promise that it will turn up eventually, but for the moment, it's gotten lost in the depths of my memory.
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oh well. i got no cool gator stories to jog your memory with, though. if you think of it, lemme know...
the frogs have returned!!! frogzilla's back at the pond across the street, and has measured in this year at 11 inches from nose tip to other end. a whole inch scarier!!
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Oooooh. Impressive. Got any pictures?
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not yet. they aren't the most photo-friendly, but it's only a matter of time before we have footage. easily spotted, frogzilla is. it's a small pond anyway.
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Is this a backyard pond or a neighborhood pond or what? And how are you measering this thing anyway? Does he eat mice? Does he eat the ankles of unwary pedestrians?
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across the street. it's the college pond (dad works there). we measure with our hands or a stick or something of that nature, and then we measure our measuring tool when we get home. crude, but effective.
not mice... goldfish, though. and i can't say i haven't heard the occasional rumor about disappearing students...
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Frogzilla:
By day, placid yet ugly pond hopper.
By night, evil villain, student slayer and arch nemesis to Ninja Newt.
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Frogzilla faces down all foes: Ninja Newt (nice one), stupid student, goldfish gladiator, sumo snapping turtles (fat snapping turtles ranging from 2 inches to 2 feet in length. they're COOL)--- all perish before the might of the giant frog from who-knows-where!!! the HORROR!!!
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Got any pictures of the snapping turtles? Sorry, I'm a big amphibious creatures fan.
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me too. but unfortunately, the stupid groundskeeper at the college tried to drain the pond last year and it looks like the turtles ran for it. but there was a big protest, and someone found out he was doing it illegally, so he got chased out of town. good thing, too, or Frogzilla would've devoured him mercilessly come spring.
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Ahh the wonders of the college campus. Studying, learning, rioting.
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it was quite the rebellion. we live across the street, so we had a front row seat (and might have helped dump turtle log back in the pond). at least it was resolved before the environmental club got their torches and pitchforks.
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Environmental club? This does sound entertaining.
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it was quite a scene. environmentalists can be quite vicious when they want to be (i know several, and every single one can tell weird stories of their environmental antics).
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thanks!! (i dunno what else to say... umm) that means a lot from an amateur artist/photographer.
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Interesting photo.
At first I thought it's underwater.
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thanks. it kinda does look that way, huh?
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