Panorama of Shuttle fly-by at Moffett Field

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Today marked the last trip through the air for the space shuttle, as the Endeavour was carried to LA to be installed in a museum. The trip included fly-overs of the Golden Gate bridge and many other landmarks in SF and LA, and also a low pass over Nasa Ames at Moffett Field, where I work at Singularity University. A special ceremony was done on the tarmac, and I went to get a panoramic photo. We all figured the plane would come along the airstrip, but they surprised us, having it fly a bit to the west so it suddenly appeared from behind the skeleton of Hangar One, the old dirigible hangar. That turned out to be bad for my photography, as I didn't get much advance notice, and the shot of the crowd I had done a few minutes before had everybody expectantly looking along the runway, and not towards the west where the plane and shuttle appear in my photo.

However, it did make for a very dramatic arrival. So while different parts of this shot are at slightly different times, it does capture the scene of Moffett field and the crowd awaiting the shuttle, and its arrival. I do however have a nice hi-res photo for you to enjoy as well as the panoramic shot of the Endeavour shuttle fly-by.

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The panorama isn't working for me. I know my computer's fairly notional with graphics, but other panoramas from your webpage are working. I'd love to see this in all its glory.

I was doing some updating. Have some new pano software.

Thanks! Looks great! You get some amazing pictures.

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