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  Re: Space&Rocket Center 16 miles (26km) away! [~38KBt Jpg]  
From: Steve
Date: 26 Feb 2000 21:58:42
Message: <slrn8bh4eb.1f5.sjlen@zero-pps.localdomain>
On Sat, 26 Feb 2000 13:45:14 -0600, Bob Hughes <> wrote:
>Couldn't tell if you were really wondering or not so to answer your question:
>yes, the first (top) is rendered, both day time and night time scenes are in
>fact.  The 2nd (bottom) set of images are the digital camera photos.
>Not sure how well people are going to see the very dark background in the night
>time render, it's the same as the day time one with the exception that the POV
>camera had been lower since it was closer to a flat ground level before I
>changed it thinking it wasn't at a more correct hill elevation.
>In checking since then I find that I'm at 770 feet here (which I already knew),
>Tennessee river (between here and there) is at 550 average, and the Space&Rocket
>Center should be at about 700 to 750 feet elevation near as I can tell from a
>contour map; this would make the top of the rocket higher than my place here.
>So as it turns out there's not much difference in elevations.  The valley here
>is shallow and wide.
>Thanks for looking at it anyway Sam, even if it wasn't what you had thought it
>might be.  ;-)

So with your telescope you can actually watch launches from your 
house?  Awesome.  

-- 
Cheers
Steve              email mailto:sjl### [at] ndirectcouk

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