First you see a brilliant light on a trail of white smoke rising above the trees.

Then a few seconds later you hear the incredibly loud roar of the engines.

Then you feel the shock wave rattling your clothes, and the ground shaking.

We could even see the fuel tanks being jettisoned and falling back to Earth.

Atlantis was in orbit before I'd even legged it back to the car.

The Wow Scale has been recalibrated again.

Photos are here.