You know, growing up in Florida, those early shuttle launches were like
exotic camera shows wrapped up in a carnival. There would be thousands
of people there all night before the launch. There used to be this
strip of road right on the water where everyone parked. I don't think
you can park there anymore. Anyway, all night long you could hear
radios coming from cars tuned to NASA's information channel. Come dawn
the photographers would all start setting up and the variety of bodies
and glass would always blow me away. Just tens of thousands of dollars
worth of gear. Some people with two or three rigs set up. I went to
three or four of the early launches. The last one I went to was a year
or two before Challenger and the number of people there was a fraction
what it had been for the early launches. An interesting moment in
history, though.
And a cool photo, too. Nice job.
-Rob
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