A couple of really stunning...

[hippywife]

yes, I said it! STUNNING photos from APOD. They totally deserve that descriptor.

Night Launch of Endeavor: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100209.html

Waterway to Orbit: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100213.html

[NV Whino]

1. Wow!

No other words, just wow.

[hippywife]

2. Eye-popping

aren't they? :wow:

[Callalily]

3. You are right hippywife,

these are fabulous!

[hippywife]

4. Can you even imagine

getting shots like that? OMG!

:hi:

[HarveyDarkey]

6. If I ever got a shot even closely comparable to one of those

I could die happy, my life would be complete.

[Xipe Totec]

5. Brutally Awesome

[Adsos Letter]

7. Wow!

...indeed! :D

[Eyerish]

8. I love the 2nd one!!

[Sheepshank]

9. I looked through many of them.

we are a part of all of that!!!! Amazingly beautiful.

Oh to be in the right place at the right time, with my camera focused and steady at the very moment it needs to happen.

[Tindalos]

10. Love APOD

Have it set as one of my home pages. It gives me a little bit of inspiration every morning.

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[alfredo]

11. Watch this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsDEfu8s1Lw&feature=player_embedded#

pay close attention starting around 1:50 into the video to see something remarkable. They will reshow it if you blinked at the wrong time.

[qnr]

12. Nice! n/t

[qnr]

13. I agree, those are perfectly stunning photographs. n/t