{"id":37341,"date":"2011-07-24T15:43:58","date_gmt":"2011-07-24T15:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/the-fiery-descent-of-atlantis%e2%80%a6-in-3d-bad-astronomy\/"},"modified":"2011-07-24T15:43:58","modified_gmt":"2011-07-24T15:43:58","slug":"the-fiery-descent-of-atlantis%e2%80%a6-in-3d-bad-astronomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/the-fiery-descent-of-atlantis%e2%80%a6-in-3d-bad-astronomy.php","title":{"rendered":"The fiery descent of Atlantis\u2026 in 3D! | Bad Astronomy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, today is certainly shaping up to be \"jaw-dropping pictures of Atlantis<\/em> day\"! How so? Well, I already posted the stunning image<\/a> of the Orbiter’s descent as seen from space, and just the other day I mentioned<\/a> how I was hoping Nathanial Burton-Bradford would make more 3D images… so guess what? Get out your red\/cyan glasses: here’s the plasma-lit descent of Atlantis<\/em> as seen from space in 3D!<\/p>

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Wow! The ISS astronauts took several pictures of the Orbiter as it descended. Nathanial took two of them from NASA’s spaceflight gallery<\/a> and combined them to make this anaglyph. If you click between the two original shots (here<\/a> and here<\/a>) you can see they were taken a few seconds apart; the motion of the stars, the Earth, and the plasma plume change a little bit (click between them rapidly and you’ll actually get a feel of the motion. Weird).<\/p>

The other pictures at the NASA page are amazing as well. Funny, when I first heard of the plasma picture I poked around NASA’s site and couldn’t find any other images, but clearly I either missed them or they weren’t up ...<\/p>

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