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This shot was almost impossible to get.  The size of the Udvar-Hazy building is impossible to imagine, but the number of people who take photos of the space shuttle made this very hard.  It took a while for most of the people to clear out and I only had time for one shot.

I was underwhelmed by the size of the space shuttle.  I always imagined it as being about twice this size.  But, alas, I was wrong.  However, that did not take away from the sheer awsomeness of being in the presence of a space shuttle.  Even if it never made it to space of is actually a real one.  It was still great.

Enterprise

I think I am going to go through old photos tomorrow, if I have time.  I really enjoy going through my old stuff.  I think I have some where in the neighborhood of 40,000 (of course that is a ballpark figure) images.  It is neat looking back over the different techniques I have learned and how it has shaped my photographic vision.

I had so much fun in Washington D.C. and especially at the Udvar-Hazy center.  How many places can you go where yo can see a full space shuttle, SR-71 Blackbird, Concord, the Enola Gay and hundreds of other airplanes.  I did not have enough time and was running all over the place to take in all that I wanted to see.  Next time, I am going to take a day to just look and plan a photographic trip, then the next day I will execute the plan, which will immediately proceed to fall apart at first contact.

All of the photos I managed to take here were off-hand.  Talk about a challenge.

The_Blackbird

This is one of the first planes you see when entering the Udvar-Hazy space center.  You begin to get a feel for the size of the place, but until you stand at one end and look to the other, you really can’t understand.  This plane is about 30 feet in the air.  I took a few photos in this building.  Somewhere in the neighborhood of several hundred and still feel like I did not get enough.

P.S. If anyone is paying attention, this one is a few hours early.

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