Re: [meteorite-list] Re: meteor photo - OT Question about another photo on the same site....

[Dave Hostetter]

Title: meteor photo

Hi:   It's an actual photo by the Russian Mir-19 crew.  At the time they were backed away from the Mir space station in a Soyuz spacecraft.  Full credit and explanation is hidden in the picture's caption -- click on the words "Pictured above."  The Astronomical Picture of the Day is a great site that I recommend  to all of you, and lots of information is packed into the links in the captions.   Dave Hostetter Curator of the Planetarium Lafayette (LA) Natural History Museum and Planetarium   Thanks Mike for the great link.   I have a question that my son asked and I could not answer. If someone on the list could answer this I would really appreciate it.   In the photo list there is a shot of the shuttle docked with Mir, you can view it at: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap021020.html   Who or what took this photo? I know it is not Hubble, I have a hunch it is a little too far away to be an astronaut in an MMU. How did they take this photo? .html