I thought this was going to be some Reddit-type photo with a shuttle launch but that image is really pretty spectacular -- from a scientific stand-point, not aesthetic.
It is available over at Reddit, and it is pretty spectacular, but every time I see a pretty picture I worry that soon it'll be all pictures. Here's hoping that my paranoia is not justified.
Is it any kind of picture into my current state of mind that when I read "Space Shuttle Atlantis caught in..." that I thought I was about read a news article about another space tragedy?
The image is surprisingly clear as I can make out a wing and the tail. Here are two more images of similar transits:
Why was I down voted? The picture doesn't point to any nasa source, and article was farcical and very oddly worded, like a tabloid would be. What about that doesn't suggest "make believe"?
why jump to that conclusion? and, what evidence, exactly, were you looking for?