Somehow this video, taken from a cell phone, makes the shuttle launch more real for me. It adds that excitement back to it.
There is a metric assload of network coverage video, but it is bland, like watching a movie, doesn't seem real.
I come from the era when we were glued to our televisions for every rocket launch. I was one of those kids with rocket toys and my spaceman outfit, so forth and so on, moon launch era.
You can feel the excitement of the person taking this video and it is almost as if you were there experiencing the launch. It brought back how incredible and awe inspiring a space launch actually is. Well, for me at least.