Space Shuttle Enterprise on the Water

moose135moose135 Registered Users Posts: 1,420 Major grins
edited June 8, 2012 in Other Cool Shots
I've been a busy little Moose lately, between the new job and a bunch of photo ops, so I haven't been able to visit all my DGrin friends in a while. Hope I can make up for that with some shots of what I've been up to.

After the Space Shuttle Enterprise was flown into New York City last month, it remained at Kennedy Airport, waiting for her final trip to the Intrepid museum. On Sunday, she made the first leg of that journey. After being lifted onto a barge in Jamaica Bay, she sailed past the Rockaways, around Coney Island and through the Verrazano Narrows to Bayonne, NJ. She was tied up at the Weeks Marine facility there (they are doing the move) and will be moved to the Intrepid on Wednesday - that final move was supposed to happen Tuesday, but it has been delayed due to weather.

1 - Coming under the Marine Parkway (Gil Hodges Memorial) Bridge, which connects Brooklyn to the Rockaway Peninsula.

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2 - A closer look

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3 - Sailing under the Verrazano Narrows Bridge. About 10 seconds after this shot, an outbound cruise ship got between us and the shuttle, blocking our view for the longest 15 seconds I've ever experienced...

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4 - Approaching the Weeks Marine facility in Bayonne.

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5 - With the new World Trade Center, the Statue of Liberty, and Lower Manhattan as a backdrop.

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6 - Tucked in for the night.

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7 - A friendly Port Authority police officer inadvertently painted the shuttle with his patrol car spotlight for me...:thumb And that large crane behind her - #533 - is the same one Weeks used to lift the US Airways jet out of the Hudson in January 2009, in fact Enterprise is tied up in the same spot where they parked the barge with that jet after recovering it from the river - which is how I knew where to go to shoot the shuttle.

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8 - Tonight, I read that the right wingtip of the shuttle was dinged on a railroad bridge piling while being towed through Jamaica Bay. Looking at my shots from Bayonne, I discovered the damaged area...should buff right out!

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Thanks for looking! More photos in my Enterprise gallery here:
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Space-Shuttle-Enterprise/22665961_Tcq9wC
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  • RyanSRyanS Registered Users Posts: 507 Major grins
    edited June 5, 2012
    Wonderful images. Thank you for sharing.

    On the ding - ouch. Where do you get spare parts for the space shuttle? headscratch.gif
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  • rontront Registered Users Posts: 1,473 Major grins
    edited June 5, 2012
    Great photos!! This had to be a lot of fun! Love #4, 6 and 7!!

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  • aj986saj986s Registered Users Posts: 1,100 Major grins
    edited June 5, 2012
    Wow! clap.gif

    #4 talks to me! But I like #5 too, with the new WTC under construction. IMHO, the image provokes a testament to perseverence.
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,974 moderator
    edited June 5, 2012
    Very nice set. #4 is outstanding. thumb.gif
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  • kithylinkithylin Registered Users Posts: 229 Major grins
    edited June 5, 2012
    #5 is my personal favorite, statue of liberty in the background with one of the pinnacles of USA space flight in the foreground is perfect, I think.
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  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,325 Major grins
    edited June 5, 2012
    Very nice work, John. I'm looking forward to seeing more out of your quarters soon.

    Take care,

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  • FlyNavyFlyNavy Registered Users Posts: 1,350 Major grins
    edited June 5, 2012
    Wonderful pics!!! Made us feel like we were right there with you. clap.gif
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  • SnowgirlSnowgirl Registered Users Posts: 2,155 Major grins
    edited June 6, 2012
    FlyNavy wrote: »
    Wonderful pics!!! Made us feel like we were right there with you. clap.gif

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  • eoren1eoren1 Registered Users Posts: 2,391 Major grins
    edited June 6, 2012
    Amazing images. The subject matter is one thing, compositions are another. 4 was my favorite until I saw 5 and my jaw dropped. Getting the Statue of Liberty and WTC tower in there is just perfect. Love that you can see the workmen on it as well for scale. I'm willing to bet that someone at Weeks Marine would be very interested in buying a few of these iconic shots.
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  • Gary752Gary752 Registered Users Posts: 934 Major grins
    edited June 6, 2012
    Outstanding images! bowdown.gifbowbowdown.gif My favorites are #4 & #5 as well. I think these would look fantastic printed very large!!! Are you planning to be there when they move the shuttle to its final resting spot?

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  • moose135moose135 Registered Users Posts: 1,420 Major grins
    edited June 6, 2012
    Thanks, folks!
    BroPhoto wrote: »
    Are you planning to be there when they move the shuttle to its final resting spot?
    I just got home...checking DGrin quickly while my cards download.
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  • moose135moose135 Registered Users Posts: 1,420 Major grins
    edited June 6, 2012
    After a one day delay due to weather, they made the final move of Enterprise today. I was across the river in Weehawken, NJ, up on the cliffs overlooking the river and right across from the Intrepid.

    1 - She sailed up the Hudson, escorted by FDNY, NYPD and Coast Guard boats, as well as a flotilla of small craft.

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    2 - Airborne one final time!

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    3

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    4

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    5

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    Again, thank you all for your kind words! Shooting the arrival at JFK last month and now the move to the Intrepid has been an experience I'll always remember - truly "once in a lifetime"!
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  • DaddyODaddyO Registered Users Posts: 4,466 Major grins
    edited June 7, 2012
    Nice work Moose thumb.gif Your not one to disappoint :D
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,951 moderator
    edited June 8, 2012
    Very nice!
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  • Gary752Gary752 Registered Users Posts: 934 Major grins
    edited June 8, 2012
    DaddyO wrote: »
    Nice work Moose thumb.gif Your not one to disappoint :D

    15524779-Ti.gif Now to finish off this series, a shot in the late evening without a bunch of people standing around the shuttle would make for a GREAT closing photo!

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  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited June 8, 2012
    Really enjoyed your series of photos. It is a once in a lifetime moment and to be able to photograph it so beautifully .. a double bonus thumb.gif
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  • ChrisJChrisJ Registered Users Posts: 2,164 Major grins
    edited June 8, 2012
    Awesome, wish I could have seen that. Great pictures! thumb.gif
    Chris
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