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China Mysteries
This curious place was found in China...

Who can make up a good story about what is happening here? Any guesses as to what it really is while you're at it?

- Trey Ratcliff

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Endeavor to the Beyond
This photo was a bit of an accident.

I was as close as humanly possible to the launch, on the edge of the media area in the NASA compound. When the shuttle blasts off, there is a long delay before you hear the thing. Right when I took this, the first staccato wave ripped through my skeleton. I think I just hit the trigger out of fear and shock combined! But, it came out pretty good, all the same.

- Trey Ratcliff

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The Endeavor Lifts Off
So, when I took this, I was using two different cameras. The first one was my D3X with the 28-300mm lens on a tripod, and that is how I got this one. It’s an HDR from a single RAW.

Not long after this, the buffer filled up and it started to shoot slowly, so I went to my second camera around my neck, the D3S with a 50mm prime. And I got this shot.

- Trey Ratcliff

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The Shuttle Prepares
On the day before the launch, I was ushered out a few football fields away from the shuttle.  It was surreal being so close, even though I wanted to be closer...closer...closer....  but the 28-300 (See the Nikon 28-300 Review) was plenty lens enough to get in tight so you can see all the details of the shuttle and the launch facility skunkworks...

See all my NASA shots here...

- Trey Ratcliff

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The Labyrinth Rocket Isn't this a beautiful and unique church?  It's been so long since I've posted a photo of it.  It's called Hallgrimskirkja.  This is much easier to say if you are a dolphin.  And drunk.  On my last trip, I made my fourth visit to this spot.  I was graced with good clouds to complement the monotonemapping of the scene.  The doors were locked, so I could not get inside.  I had some bizarre visions of possibly climbing up the rock face to clamber in through the windows, but then remembered it wasn't a video game... dangit. - Trey Ratcliff Read the rest here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
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