A fairly historic day in Space History today as the Space Shuttle Endeavour takes its last “flight” around Los Angeles today. Â Apparently the pilots of the jumbo jet were given free reign to tool around California today with a loose flight plan, including two swoops around the Santa Monica area. Â Guess what that means? Â Prime rooftop viewing platform! Â Here are my pics from this amazing afternoon:
The view of where we expected Endeavor to show up21-Sep-2012 11:48, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 4.5, 9.815mm, 0.001 sec, ISO 100
And sure enough, there's Endeavor in the hazy distance21-Sep-2012 11:50, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 5.8, 18.8mm, 0.002 sec, ISO 100
You can start to make out the real shapes of the shuttle as well as the F-18s21-Sep-2012 11:50, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 5.8, 18.8mm, 0.002 sec, ISO 100
21-Sep-2012 11:51, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 5.8, 18.8mm, 0.002 sec, ISO 100
21-Sep-2012 11:51, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 5.8, 18.8mm, 0.002 sec, ISO 100
21-Sep-2012 11:51, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 5.8, 18.8mm, 0.002 sec, ISO 100
Such a great shot and I can't believe how close it was to our rooftop21-Sep-2012 11:51, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 5.8, 18.8mm, 0.002 sec, ISO 100
It's right there!21-Sep-2012 11:51, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 5.8, 18.8mm, 0.001 sec, ISO 100
21-Sep-2012 11:51, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 5.8, 18.8mm, 0.001 sec, ISO 100
This is the second loop around Venice and Santa Monica after the shuttle did a low flyby of LAX21-Sep-2012 12:01, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 5.0, 12.056mm, 0.001 sec, ISO 100
21-Sep-2012 12:01, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 5.8, 18.8mm, 0.001 sec, ISO 100
21-Sep-2012 12:02, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 5.8, 18.8mm, 0.001 sec, ISO 100
21-Sep-2012 12:02, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 5.8, 18.8mm, 0.001 sec, ISO 100
Not as close by as the first loop but still pretty amazing21-Sep-2012 12:02, Canon Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, 5.8, 18.8mm, 0.002 sec, ISO 100
