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A photograph purportedly showing a Space Shuttle flying above the clouds, displaying an extended smoke plume as it rises from the Earth, is frequently shared online with the claim that the image was taken from the International Space Station (ISS): While this picture does depict a real event, the image was not taken by a camera on the ISS and has been modified with photographic effects. The image is based on a picture taken by NASA during the launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour on 16 May 2011 and shows the shuttle emerging from below the clouds. However, the picture captured the shuttle while it was well short of achieving orbit and below the altitude of the International Space Station. According to NASA, the original image was taken by a shuttle training aircraft and could have been snapped by any airplane that happened to be in the right place at the right time: NASA's image has also been manipulated to give it a tilt-shift, or miniaturizing, effect. A comparison of the two images shows that NASA's original photograph was not blurred at the top and bottom: According to NASA, the ISS circles the globe at an altitude of approximately 220 miles (about 350 kilometers), while the shuttle training aircraft which took this photograph was most likely traveling below 35,000 feet.
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