Image: Atlantis launch plume edit

Description: Shuttle Launch at Sunset (Atlantis, February 7th, 2001, STS-98). The sun has set just behind the camera, so only the upper part of the plume is in the glare of the sun. It casts a shadow through the Earth's atmosphere that seems to stretch towards the moon, which is nearly full and thus almost exactly opposite the sun in the sky. The Earth's shadow is also visible, as a dark band of sky below the Moon.
Title: Atlantis launch plume edit
Credit: Primary source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=1221 Transferred from English Wikipedia, original upload 15 June 2004 by Roger.smith Information on the image from the author: http://fiddletoons.com/Goodshots/ShuttlePlume.html
Author: Patrick McCracken
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