We’re about forty miles away from the Kennedy Space Center, so we went out to the golf course behind us to watch the shuttle launch.
Wow.
I have some video which I’ll YouTube (and SarahK took pictures), but I don’t know how to film a bright object at night so it’s going to be nothing compared to what I actually saw. I was expecting a bright dot to move through the sky like when I watched a launch from here during the day, but an entire section of sky completely lit up even before the shuttle (which looked like a giant fireball) came into view.
Anyway, I wish I wore my glasses I use for night driving and spent less time looking at the camera. I mean, this is the last ever night time shuttle launch. Well, I tivoed FOXNews so I can watch the film from those with a better view (hope you and your family enjoyed it, JFH).
UPDATE: Here’s the video. I did my best to fix the color in post, but it’s nothing like seeing it in person. Still, I think it’s pretty amazing. It’s like a night time sunrise.

That’s the local talk radio station playing in the background and some neighbors cheering as the shuttle clears the tree line.
Is it just me or do I sound like Butthead from Beavis and Butthead when I make the comment about not expect the sky to light up like that? Should have fixed that in post…

As the Festival Of Lights approaches, I reveal an ugly new front in the Global War On Jews…