West Coast Space Shuttle Launch Pad
Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
Nov. 4th, 2006
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Here you can see how difficult it can be sometimes to line up a shot!
(The Delta IV is in those buildings!)
A single film camera about 150 ft from the rocket!
A view through the MAS or Mobile Assembly Shelter.
Here is one of my camera boxes up on a hill SW of the pad!
About 5:30pm the MST rolled back and we were allowed to go back out to the pad and align cameras.
This photo was taken from about 100 ft away and from many of the camera locations
you couldn't even see the rocket because of the thick fog!
It wasn't just the fog but the drizzle, light rain and wind that made it miserable!
Here is the view about T-11 from the 6th level of the MST.
Here you can get a sense of what the weather was like on the pad!
After a successful launch and a rare sunny day at SLC-6 I took one last photo from the MST.
Leaving the pad for the last time, with the Delta IV having done its job!
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