Discovery’s last flight

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We watched the space shuttle, Discovery, and the International Space Station pass overhead this evening from our driveway. They were very bright and about 30 seconds apart, moving in tandem across the sky. It was a lovely sight and the best naked eye view of a shuttle we’ve ever had. I took some photos and share one here. Because they followed the same path in the sky, both Discovery and the ISS form a single, thin, white line in the photo. (The circles of light are internal reflections from the camera lens caused by a streetlight just out of the frame.)

Discovery and the ISS passing over Hamilton