On Fri, 23 Mar 2001 08:32:15 -0500, Francois Labreque
<fla### [at] videotronca> wrote:
>
>
>Tom Melly wrote:
>> 
>> "Francois Labreque" <fla### [at] videotronca> wrote in message
>> news:3ABB4504.7408B169@videotron.ca...
>> >
>> > They are shockwaves that occur when the gases coming out of the
>> > thrusters go from being supersonic to sub-sonic.  Any decent picture of
>> > the Space-shuttle taking off also has them.
>> >
>> 
>> Hah! I don't remember ever seeing the effect, but if I had I would have
>> assumed it was some kind of lens flare effect.
>
>http://corbis.altavista.com/referrals/av_image_details.asp?linkid=2623&imageid=10090201
>
>However, It's not the best picture.  The next time you see a documentary
>of the Challenger blow-up, look at the main engine ignition during the
>last seconds of the countdown, it's very obvious.

Here's a still grabbed from the Earthlight DVD, it shows it a bit
better that the above link.



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