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Space Shuttle Plume Shadow Points to Moon

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image credit: Pat McCracken

This picture of an SS Atlantis launch in early 2001 is unedited. A combination of the time of day (sunset) and there being a full moon (meaning it’s directly opposite the sun on the horizon) set the stage for this cosmic synchronicity.

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