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01-OCT-2016 Tom Kenney

SOFIA At Home

palmdale, california, usa

The 'Clipper Lindbergh' is a Boeing 747-200, formerly owned and operated by Pan Am Airlines, and now repurposed as an airborne platform for the SOFIA Infrared Telescope. Here she is, parked in one corner of a humongous hangar capable of also housing a DC-9, a repurposed U2 spy plane, and NASA C20-A (a Gulfstream G-III). The floor area visible in this shot is approximately 15% of the total floor space of the entire hangar.

Nikon D5300
1/200s f/5.0 at 25.0mm iso6400 full exif

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