Brent

In reference to the recorded time on the Columbia event picture -

I took a picture of our IRIG  clock at 07:16:29:00 UTM.

I converted to local time by subtracting 7 hours: 09:29:00 Local.

Then I looked at the header information on the camera and it recorded: 10:53:10

The difference is 1:24:10  The critical Columbia picture has a recorded time of 8:19:38 and when I subtract 1:24:10 from that I get 6:55:28 Local time when the shutter was open. The time reported for the problem in the wheel well I believe was 7:56 Huston or 6:56 AM (local time)

This now can be reliably correlated with other time series data to add to a growing picture.

I took three pictures and recalculated the time for each

Recorded time    Actual time

08:19:18              06:55:08      Orbiter approaches

08:19:38              06:55:28      Orbiter over head

08:20:06              06:55:56      Orbiter rides off into the sunrise

No wonder I thought it happened fast; it all lasted less than a minute

Jim