First Saturn launch

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  PhotoBob

• Feb 7, 2009

Great shot, what a privilege to be there eh?

 

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  BradS

• Feb 7, 2009

WOW!!! Very, very cool!

Thanks for posting this.

 

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  Photo Engineer

• Feb 7, 2009

I was a tour guide that day for the War College. All Colonels and Generals. I took them to the pad and we were about 5 miles away during launch. The sound was enormous and reached 120 DB over 20 miles away, so you knew what we were going through. It knocked my hat off and nearly floored me.

This was the most awesome sound I had ever heard.

I later heard that it was equivalent to a sustained 0.6 - 0.8 Kiloton explosion where we were.

Enjoy.

PE

 

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  Photo Engineer

• Feb 7, 2009

I might add that earlier in the AM, during darkness and setup, I "met" Von Braun and Debus as they came on the pad for beauty shots.

PE

 

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  MVNelson

• Feb 7, 2009

its amazing you can still hear .... we know you can see because of this awesome photo ...

 

• pauledell

• Feb 8, 2009

Breathtaking picture. A piece of history captured.
Paul

 

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  Stephen Frizza

• Mar 27, 2009

WOW

 

• DavidM

• May 11, 2009

Great shots- thanks for posting this series