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Her Last Flight Home


 

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Her Last Flight Home
Her Last Flight Home

The Mojave Desert - Edwards AFB California; November 1985. In the early morning hours NASA's Boeing 747 slowly carries the Space Shuttle Challenger piggyback on her way to Runway 22. She was leaving on a cross country trek to Florida to prepare for the next mission. Little did I know, when I was photographing her, this would be the last time that she would be here - Challenger was lost during the next launch from The Cape in Florida in January 1986...

Scanned the negative, adjustments made with PSE7 and converted to B&W with NIK Silver Efex (MT)

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Tammy Scott
 

This is just great in B&W!


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April 07, 2009

 

Ray Thoms
  Truely a great loss....nicely captured Jeff...


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April 07, 2009

 

MELODIE C. ROBERTS
  Ray Said It Best

Fittingly Somber in Black and White Jeff


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April 07, 2009

 

Carla Metzler
  Great shot!


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Carol Sawyer
  Fantaastic B&W capture, Jeff!!


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Gord MacEachern
  You really do have a treasure here Jeff!!!


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April 07, 2009

 

Terri L. Scribner
  Wow,one for the history books!!


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April 07, 2009

 

Alan L. Borror
  Wonderful historic image, Jeff! B&W does seem appropriate... nicely done.


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April 07, 2009

 
- Janet McNeil

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  Beautiful capture with lovely tones- a real classic!


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Ray Clarke
  Great pov and capture, love the tones Jeff.!!!(R)


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April 07, 2009

 

Rhonda Burger
  Super image Jeff. I remember that day in 1986, I was watching. Rhonda


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April 07, 2009

 

Kathryn Wesserling
  You're a wee part of history with this one, Jeff. Thank you for sharing the image and the story.


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Margaret R. Barry
  Amazing image, Jeff. I also remember that tragic day.


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Tiia Vissak
  great tones, light & framing!


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  Wonderful image and history info!


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Lynne Morris
  Fantastic piece of history here Jeff, wonderful capture with great tones.


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April 07, 2009

 

Robert R. Goodman
  Hi Jeff,that was a sad chapter in history for us.Excellent capture!!!!


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Lynn M. Whitt
  Great image Jeff...


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Cathy Barrows
  sad memories...i remember exactly where I was on that day...thanks for sharing


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Stephanie Frey
  Great capture, but a truly sad moment in our history!


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- Claudia Kuhn

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  Wow, you have an historical image there Jeff. Well captured.


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Manuel Barrera
  a piece of history, wonderful capture, Jeff


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Ellen Hodges
  Poignant capture, Jeff! Awesome image!!


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Jim Huffield
  Very nice piece of work, Jeff. Jim


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Chua Wee Boo
  Great B/W image but sad memories,Jeff!


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Melissa G. Meiselman
  Terrific documentary photograph well presented in black and white, Jeff!!!


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Nadine A. Lewis
  What a GREAT picture, Jeff! I agree...a piece of history! <><


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David Phalen
  An amazing, powerful and sad photo Jeff!!


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Melissa Olsen
  Jeff, oh King of aircraft photos...I will be posting a fun airplane picture in a couple of days...stay tune...LOL
Totally not in the same league as yours, but fun!
Your description here is as good as your capture. Thanks for sharing.


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- Mary Beth Aiello

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  This is certainly an "I remember when" image. Amazing capture and mood.


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Eugenio Diaz
  remarkable representation with stand out B&W tones & wonderful clear detail..amazing composition & stunning photo indeed.


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Stephen Zacker
  I remember it well. Super capture


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Stan Kwasniowski
  Jeff, what a memory


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Sheila D. Robertson
  Both amazing and touching, Jeff. You have a wonderful historical shot here as well as a beautiful photo.


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Karen Slagle
  Historical image here, Jeff. Love the black and white.


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Brett Dolsen
  Amazing storytelling image Jeff!!Now thats being in the right place at the right time!!Brett


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Mike Clime
  This is really nice in b/w!


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John Connolly
  Thanks for sharing this fantastic image from your archives, Jeff! A great result from your scanner and darkroom technique!


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Patricia Ronan
  Great poignant image Jeff:)


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Ken Jarvis
  Great work, Jeff!


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Kathleen Rinker
  Great image Jeff, a nice momento, love the b&w!!


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Kaye Burazin
  What a fabulous piece of history. A treasure of a journalistic image.


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Sam Britt
  Great historic image, Jeff.


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- Nancy L. Green

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  Amazing nd very sobering Jeff, who could possibly forget that terrible day!! This is a wonderful and unusual piece of this piece of history!! <><


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  Thank You All Very Much! Jeff


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Peggy J. Maguire
  Touching image Jeff!!!!!


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Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna
  You lucky lucky man to be able to see and photograph this awesome piece of history!!!! Incredible shot, Jeff!!! :-) k


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  Thank You Peggy and Kitty! Jeff


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Tommy E. Burgess
  Great capture that sure brings back a lot of memories Jeff!!


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Kirsten Kiki Kjaer
  It's probably a good thing that we never know what's ahead.
Fantastic capture, Jeff.


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  Thank You Tommy and Kirsten! Jeff


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Toni Riggs
  Very moving image!


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  Thank You Toni! Jeff


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Cassie L. Woodlee
  What a AWESOME shot Jeff!!!!!


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April 13, 2009

 

Daniella Puente
  Great photo and like the BW for it!


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- Laura E. Swan

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  My feelings mirror the rest here, Jeff! When this happened I was working for the airlines in California. Our entire shift crew was watching that day on the TV monitors.

We were all so excited...About 75 of us. A pin could have dropped as we watched her launch and then go up, up, up, then the spiraling. We had huge group gasping's and then silence. Shock. Disbelief as we all watched together. Tears came to many and soon we all became shocked zombies. Moving about, trying to work,....but couldn't. It was very hard to function after that for several days.

Wow. Thanks for bringing the memory back to me. She and her crew and the brave adventurous teacher aboard should never be forgotten.

-Laura


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- Laura E. Swan

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  BTW (By the way) Jeff, did you come to the U-tube dedication I made for my image called "ELECTRIC AVENUE" last night???

Here is the link. I think you will realate and like it! :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0wsn_9RJXY


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  Thank You Cassie, Daniella and Laura!! It is nice to see that so man y have enjoyed this older image! Thanks Laura for the video link - That was very interesting to watch!! Jeff


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  Wonderful historic image, Jeff! Sad memories.


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  Nicely Done Jeff!


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  Jeff, you brought back historic moments of the space exploration! It was a shock to watch live on the monitor that tragedy! Your great and finely processed photo is precious and historic!


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  Thank You Very Much!


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- Adilson F. Ferreira

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  Fantastic capture and wonderful story, Jeff!


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- Oscar J. Pung

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  Very cool photo Jeff and such a tragic aftermath for Challenger. Wish I could have been there to see this.


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  Thank You!


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