Hey everyone! I hope you enjoy the image that I took of the Falcon 9 launch on Thursday, September 7th from Cape Canaveral. I took this image about 15 miles south of the Cape from my hometown of Satellite Beach. I am currently still in Satellite Beach as the first gusts of wind from hurricane Irma are starting to show up. This image shows Falcon 9 as it is plummeting back towards Earth after dropping off the second stage on the edge of space. This part of the landing is called the re-entry burn where an engine/engines of Falcon 9 is used to cut some speed and keep the immense heat from friction at a safe level. The rocket then does one final burn just before touching down. The sight of seeing a rocket returning from the sky still amazes me every time. The image is low quality because of the extreme crop I had to use even with a 500mm lens. If you would like to see more of my photos about space, frequent updates on hurricane Irma, and much more, the best place to look is on my Instagram @marcuscote_photo where I am currently posting a new photo every day as part of a 365 day photo challenge!
Kind of an interesting fact I recently learned is that all the black stuff you see on these rockets after they've returned is almost entirely just soot. A simple power wash would return them to nearly good as new (aesthetically). Kind of amazing considering their heat exposure.
Abe_Froman2 on September 10th, 2017 at 02:33 UTC »
I am still in utter awe that we are landing rockets like something out of a sci fi movie. The future is here. Great photo!
marcuscotephoto on September 10th, 2017 at 00:16 UTC »
Hey everyone! I hope you enjoy the image that I took of the Falcon 9 launch on Thursday, September 7th from Cape Canaveral. I took this image about 15 miles south of the Cape from my hometown of Satellite Beach. I am currently still in Satellite Beach as the first gusts of wind from hurricane Irma are starting to show up. This image shows Falcon 9 as it is plummeting back towards Earth after dropping off the second stage on the edge of space. This part of the landing is called the re-entry burn where an engine/engines of Falcon 9 is used to cut some speed and keep the immense heat from friction at a safe level. The rocket then does one final burn just before touching down. The sight of seeing a rocket returning from the sky still amazes me every time. The image is low quality because of the extreme crop I had to use even with a 500mm lens. If you would like to see more of my photos about space, frequent updates on hurricane Irma, and much more, the best place to look is on my Instagram @marcuscote_photo where I am currently posting a new photo every day as part of a 365 day photo challenge!
Randolm on September 10th, 2017 at 01:05 UTC »
Kind of an interesting fact I recently learned is that all the black stuff you see on these rockets after they've returned is almost entirely just soot. A simple power wash would return them to nearly good as new (aesthetically). Kind of amazing considering their heat exposure.
Abe_Froman2 on September 10th, 2017 at 02:33 UTC »
I am still in utter awe that we are landing rockets like something out of a sci fi movie. The future is here. Great photo!