Any imagery from Shuttle Columbia's SILTS pod on the internet?

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One of the distinguishing features of Shuttle Columbia was its Shuttle Infrared Leeside Temperature Sensing (SILTS) pod. This was an experiment that took infrared imagery of the left wing and parts of the fuselage during entry. (It was deactivated long before the STS-107 accident so there was no data from it contributing to the accident investigation.)

Is there any imagery from this experiment available online? I found this paper (warning, pdf) that uses some results, but no actual imagery.

Another image of the pod from here. – Andreas Nov 03 '16 at 19:09 — Andreas, Nov 03 '16 at 19:09

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 27 '16 at 03:44

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Wikipedia has one image that is attributed to the SILTS pod:

SILTS IR Image

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Unfortunately, the metadata doesn't give any clue as to where it came from, or where more might be found.

I just happened to be reading the STS-28 page, noticed the image, and remembered this question.

answered Nov 27 '16 at 03:44

Bret Copeland

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Certainly looks like the correct viewing angle. Thanks, great find. – Organic Marble Nov 27 '16 at 21:02
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While it appears as of the right-most "hot spot" is the leading edge of the port wing, one one wonders what caused the left-most such "hot spot." – Digger Dec 19 '16 at 18:18
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That is the gap between the inboard and outboard elevons. – Organic Marble Dec 19 '16 at 18:28

Any imagery from Shuttle Columbia's SILTS pod on the internet?

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