Closeup photograph I shot of Falcon 9's Merlin 1D engines during its 50th flight last week.

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image showing Closeup photograph I shot of Falcon 9's Merlin 1D engines during its 50th flight last week.

johnkphotos on March 12nd, 2018 at 00:41 UTC »

This was shot with a Nikon D7000 and Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8 lens at 200mm. I work as a rocket launch photographer under an accredited news site, AmericaSpace; that's how I have access to the launchpads at the Cape to set up cameras.

Feel free to check out more of my spaceflight images and photos from around Florida's Space Coast on my website, and follow along on Instagram: @johnkrausphotos

Also, feel free to ask any questions about the photo!

kerbuscus on March 12nd, 2018 at 01:57 UTC »

50 already??? Surprising how fast they progress

mtripleup on March 12nd, 2018 at 04:07 UTC »

Dude...I am an employee at SpaceX...Ive seen alot of photographs...ALOT...most being unpublicized...this put a huge fucking smile on my face...I appreciate you man.