Sky-Riding Alongside Glenn

An unidentified sky-diver dressed up as Uncle Sam costume surfs above Brevard County as the Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, October 29. The plume of exhaust from the shuttle's liftoff can be seen in the background.

The daredevil is part of a group that tries to skydive everytime there is a NASA shuttle launch.

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