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The Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates shortly after take-off.

If you were born before 1982, this image needs no explanation. It is a high-quality (albeit a bit dark and a little fuzzy) picture taken shortly after the Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated during lift-off. I couldn't believe this image wasn't listed at Category:Memorable photographs, or anywhere on Wikipedia or Commons, so I uploaded it from the ironically-named Great Images in NASA page.

Say again? NASA photograph everything, for documentation and technical research. --Janke | Talk 08:01, 27 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
My original photo was going to be Neil Armstrong's stool before he landed on the Moon. :) Palm_Dogg 15:27, 27 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It was taken with a motion picture camera. NASA used several motion picture cameras to image launches. The Public Affairs Officers then go in an grab the *best* frames. That other famous image of Challenger's launch with the birds in the foreground was taken the same way. 216.134.171.20 06:13, 29 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Challenger explosion.jpg Raven4x4x 07:22, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]