Away to the South Pacific |
 Photographer Brian Lockett writes: "I shot this time exposure from the crest of the Santa Ynez Mountains as a Minuteman III missile was launched on a sub-orbital trajectory toward Kwajalein Atoll from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 1:01 A.M. this (Thursday) morning. The waning gibbous Moon illuminated the landscape during the 3-minute, 24.2-second exposure."
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