Yesterday, Phil posted a lego version of this scene, so I thought it would be a good time to post the real thing.
Atlantis on Launch Complex 39-A
6 April 2009
This picture is obviously looking at the back side of the vehicle, but the orbiter would not have been visible even if I had a view from the opposite side of the pad - the Rotating Service Structure is in place and covers the orbiter.
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