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Rod Ostoski - Brevard County Real Estate Photographer | all galleries >> Galleries >> Space Shuttle Discovery STS-120 Mission Complete > Discovery Rolls Out to Pad 39A
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30-SEP-2007

Discovery Rolls Out to Pad 39A

Rare View of Water Tanker watering down crawler path
ahead of stack.
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The purpose of the water is to suppress any associated crushed quartz rock-dust
that might cause any respiratory issues for the Crawler observers.

Canon EOS 30D ,Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
1/320s f/7.1 at 40.0mm iso200 full exif

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Guest 01-Oct-2007 15:27
why do they water it down? and is it me or does the external tank look like a darker orange than normal?

once again thanks for all the cool "inside" shots....