DOUBLE FLYBY: The space shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station last night, Dec. 19th, at 5:09 pm EST. About an hour later the pair flew in tandem over Laramie, Wyoming, where Jeff Greenwald took this picture:

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Photo details: Canon 20D, 400 ISO, 15s exposure,

"The picture does not do it justice," says Greenwald. "As my 10 year old son said, That was so cool! Both spacecraft were very bright, and they appeared to drift further apart as they flew over our heads."

More images: from Carol Lakomiak of Tomahawk Wisconsin; from Kel Krosschell of Rochester, Minnesota; from Jim Donovan of Placerville, California; from Jeffrey J. Berkes of West Chester, Pennsylvania.