File talk:Challenger explosion.jpg

I find this image a bit confusing. Not for its subject, which I remember well, but for its apparent flaws. What is causing the grainy "whitening" effect seen near the edges of the image, especially visible at the lower left and right corners? Is it just the natural "graininess" of the film stock used (which is where I assume this came from, as opposed to videotape)? Also, are the brightest spots in the "empty sky" areas actually stars or just flaws in the image? - dcljr (talk) 09:12, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

… or debris? - dcljr (talk) 01:31, 9 September 2013 (UTC)