Columbia hit by lightning?

[Maxpower]

I read that there was some lighning bolt that hit Columbia. Somebody
took a picture of this. Nasa was investigating the picture but nothing
came of it, to my knowledge. Has anyone else heard anything new about
this?

http://www.cincypost.com/2003/02/06/shphoto020603.html

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[Rusty Barton]

Maxpower wrote:
> I read that there was some lighning bolt that hit Columbia. Somebody
> took a picture of this. Nasa was investigating the picture
> but nothing
> came of it, to my knowledge. Has anyone else heard anything new about
> this?
>
> http://www.cincypost.com/2003/02/06/shphoto020603.html
>

Here is a webpage showing Columbia's final pass over northern California
and Nevada as seen by several observers. None of these photos are the
"lightning" re-entry picture.

http://www.iasa-intl.com/folders/shuttle/GoodbyeColumbia-2.html




Rusty Barton - Antelope, California
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[Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)]

"Jorge R. Frank" > wrote in message
...
> (Maxpower) wrote in
> om:
>
> > I read that there was some lighning bolt that hit Columbia. Somebody
> > took a picture of this. Nasa was investigating the picture but nothing
> > came of it, to my knowledge. Has anyone else heard anything new about
> > this?
>
> The "bolt" showed up in an image taken by a digital camera, but the
> photographer did not recall actually seeing it when he took the picture.
It
> was most likely a digital artifact peculiar to that brand of camera.
>

Should be noted to that if it DID occur (which appears to be highly
unlikely) it was a sprite or other high altitude phenomenon. Something very
different from "normal" lightning.


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