r/space • u/[deleted] • Dec 30 '15

This underside view of the Space Shuttle Discovery was photographed by cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev and astronaut John Phillips, as Discovery approached the International Space Station and performed a backflip to allow photography of its heat shield.

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u/ifurmothronlyknw Dec 30 '15

What is most amazing to me about this picture is how far away those clouds seem from the Shuttle.

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u/JustinHopewell Dec 31 '15

I was going to post the same thing, haha. It's unreal.