Puzzle Description:

The silhouette of the space shuttle Endeavour in a very unique setting over Earth's horizon, from a photo taken by an Expedition 22 crew member aboard the International Space Station just prior to docking on Feb. 9th. The image was captured 183 miles over the South Pacific Ocean. The white dot is a reflection. The lower left corner is the Earth's Troposphere, with all of the clouds and weather. The diagonal line is where the Stratosphere meets the the Mesosphere.

#1: Teresa K (fasstar) on Feb 24, 2010 [SPOILER]

Okay, I know I did one of the Endeavor recently, but you have to admit that this one is different. The one before was from a graphic. This one is from a photo that my brother (scientist at NASA) sent me. I could not really do it justice in such a small grid and only B&W. Here is the photo, along with some others:

http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/2010/02/space-shuttle-endeavours-missi.html

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A fun puzzle and an interesting image!

splendid image and enjoyable solve...you were right about the zigzag. :)

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Teresa I think you have to make it solvable for us to accept this entry! Sorry!

Thanks, Telly and Sally.

Jota, I think I will just withdraw this one from the contest. I don't like to edit a puzzle I have already published unless it's absolutely necessary. In this case, I kind of like it the way it is. :-) There are so many possibilities for the contest; it won't take me long to come up with something else.

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And the debate continues... will it ever end??? It basically comes down to this: with a diagonal or zig-zag line, is there ever a way there could be any other solution BUT the diagonal line, and/or other than the intended direction? If so, then is it truly logically solvable?

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Thanks, Ant.

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Found to be logically solvable by Gator.

I was trying really hard to figure this out logically, (because I hate to guess), but I was getting so stuck that I finally looked in the comments, and wow! I was gamely trying to follow along until I got to Gator's explanation, and then I just gave in and assumed that the diagonals were where they were supposed to be. :) Definitely not typical difficulty for one of Teresa's puzzles, but challenging, and made me think of the "South Pacific" musical. I thought it was going to be something about Bali Hai. :)

Oh I love the music from South Pacific. I remember the original movie, I was only 11 or 12, and very impressionable. Our high school chorus performed all the songs from South Pacific one year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81NROmUb7o0

i enjoyed solving this :-) very nice image, also.

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As I was solving this (terrific!) puzzle, basically from top right to bottom left, I saw what looked a lot like a WWII fighter plane, as used in the Pacific(!).

I like what it really is better.

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