Canon EOS 5D Mark II
ƒ/13
400 mm
1/3,200
500

a very cool photo sequence below…

4 responses to “Nike Tomahawk”

  1. climbing…
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    The second stage lights!
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    and the booster drifts back with its own computer triggered chute
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  2. It just so happens that I have film shots of the real thing launching… in Antarctica… with a broken launch rail…
    Jerry-rigged Nike Tomahawk in Antarctica

  3. Two Rockets on one photo?

  4. yes, the boost stage and sustainer…. Frame two in the comments is a key moment, when the sustainer lights and the booster falls away (both stages have their own parachutes and flight computers).

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