Sonora Borealis II

    Sunset through the contrail of a rocket launched from Vanderberg Air Force Base near Los Angeles as viewed from a mountain ridge in Tucson, AZ

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    1. ★

      isamizdat, chriskruell, Trader Chris, traumlichtfabrik, and 254 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. picma (65 months ago | reply)

      Just beautiful! I'm not sure what it is, but it's spectacular!

    3. Goshzilla - Dann (64 months ago | reply)

      Wow, that must have been a sight to see in person.

    4. atliegilsson (64 months ago | reply)

      wow this is nice

    5. taffthetooth (64 months ago | reply)

      WOW

    6. The Wandering Hermit (56 months ago | reply)

      Awesome mate.


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    7. ::Mo:: (56 months ago | reply)

      stunning!

    8. Kristín H. (56 months ago | reply)

      this is amasing indeed.... the colors are unreal....
      tfs....

    9. fridgeirsson (56 months ago | reply)

      This is incredible.

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    10. SaruLa [*] (qualcuno mi rinnovi il pro! :P) (56 months ago | reply)

      stunning.. simply stunning

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    14. wolfgangfoto (56 months ago | reply)

      wonderful
      love it
      compliments
      :-)) wolfgang


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    15. rchoephoto (56 months ago | reply)

      fantastic!


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    16. sami kuosmanen (56 months ago | reply)

      great foto

    17. olasis (53 months ago | reply)

      Wow!!! Amazing.

    18. Glenn Cartmill (48 months ago | reply)

      This looks great - even though im not totally sure how this can be real :)

    19. aeillill (47 months ago | reply)

      I've never seen anything like this, but when I move to Tucson next year I'm going to keep an eye out for it.

    20. Spyros Papaspyropoulos (47 months ago | reply)

      Fantastic photo!

    21. OneDarlingChevy (46 months ago | reply)

      Gorgeous capture!

    22. ivanabrego (46 months ago | reply)

      Awesome capture.

    23. Laine~ (44 months ago | reply)

      insanely awesome

    24. Nickname: Ron (44 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called United States Culture II, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

      How did you know it is a rocket?

    25. Girang (42 months ago | reply)

      i love this photo :D

    26. nina's clicks (42 months ago | reply)

      Amazing colors!

    27. stephcrawf (34 months ago | reply)

      i don't think i've ever seen something so vivid in my life. i want to experience this.

    28. Nxarl (34 months ago | reply)

      Amazing... =]

    29. e m ♥ i l y (33 months ago | reply)

      this is just...amazing.

    30. ssaandra (30 months ago | reply)

      superb composition!

    31. Ron Wooten (29 months ago | reply)

      WOW!

    32. ARMLE (24 months ago | reply)

      I featured you here. Amazing shot

    33. mlhradio (23 months ago | reply)

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    34. the leaving song (23 months ago | reply)

      what an amazing sky!

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    36. ChicagoPhotoShop (2 months ago | reply)

      you went viral on www.facebook.com/AmazingThingsInTheWorld 1.3M fans on that page.

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