Last night we watched the shuttle Discovery's launch from our dock - it was a picture perfect evening and a gorgeous launch! Tim said that the reason we had such a great view of it is that it was rising into the sun (the sun had already set on the ground) and the shuttle shot right along the east coast - a more northerly direction than usual. In the bottom two pictures, you can see the solid rocket boosters separating from the shuttle (click on the photos for a better view).
