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[peteryoung]

Same time... same place... nine days later



Today's sunrise, 4.10am, 36000 feet over Irkutsk, Siberia, 18 May 2004

At first you see how, under the horizon, the rays of light appear, painted in a fantastic number contrasting hues. Then the clouds begin to show colours. They turn pink and their tops begin to resemble fairy tale horses, also pink...
Alexander Volkov, Russian cosmonaut

The grey contrail is from the BA026, a 747 which left Hong Kong fifteen minutes ahead of ours and we followed all the way to London.