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Dryden Flight: SR-71B Mach 3 Sunset
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The setting sun peeks beneath a SR-71B Blackbird, silhouetted against the orange hues of the western sky on a 1995 flight at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Centre. Two SR-71 aircraft were transferred to NASA after the U.S. Air Force program was cancelled. The NASA SR-71s were flown until the beginning of the decade before being put into flyable storage. A very striking photo but quite heavily degraded so given the usual work over with CS3 & NoiseNinja. .

Credit: NASA Dryden Photo Collection.

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::Catman68
10/14/07 11:50 PM GMT
Beautiful photo. Thanks for sharing and stuff.

Aj
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&KEIFER
10/15/07 12:10 AM GMT
they don't make cars like they used to .. that can be said for planes as well

thanks for your continued efforts
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.Zyrogerg
10/15/07 8:51 AM GMT
sweeet!
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.tommygirl_321
10/17/07 10:55 PM GMT
I'm lost in the terminology of the aircraft, but I love the sunset with it's bright orange hues, silohuetting the aircraft. Great work. Sue
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.Tomeast
10/18/07 11:21 PM GMT
I`m thinking that you softened the sunflares and did a good job of it..
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&philcUK
10/18/07 11:37 PM GMT
Yes, the flares were smoothed out, the noise removed, silhouette cut out and refined and sky colours balanced to create a natural range of hues.
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.ShawnM
06/29/08 10:29 PM GMT
Great pic! I love images cast against either a rising or falling sun.
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::verenabloo
10/22/08 5:47 PM GMT
Nice to see this on the main caedes page. A very good photo. I love the sun colours of course. And the way the sun is shining at that perfect spot, wow. V
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.Bursa
01/30/10 6:44 AM GMT
Lovely pic
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