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Photo of the week 300 (July 31, 2010)

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heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001	posted 07-31-2010 05:28 AM The gantry is about to be pulled back from the Mercury-Atlas 7 combination in the early morning hours of May 24, 1962, before the launch of Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7. Ed Hengeveld
RGW Member Posts: 40 From: Long Island, New York, USA Registered: Sep 2004	posted 07-31-2010 08:22 AM Congrats Ed and thanks for posting your 300th photo. Stunning lighting and shadows! And the engineers on the pad provide both a sense of scale and anticipation.
ejectr Member Posts: 1751 From: Killingly, CT Registered: Mar 2002	posted 07-31-2010 05:01 PM Nice picture. What a day that was! I turned 13 years old that day and convinced my mother to let me skip school to watch the whole thing, which I did and hung on every word.
heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001	posted 08-01-2010 02:15 AM quote: Originally posted by RGW: Congrats Ed and thanks for posting your 300th photo. Thanks! Shall we say 300 more?
icarkie Member Posts: 618 From: BURTON ON TRENT /England Registered: Nov 2002	posted 08-01-2010 03:54 AM quote: Originally posted by heng44: Thanks! Shall we say 300 more? ...YES PLEASE.

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