Tragedy in space – Feb. 6. – Photographer Tricia Wilcox, a Malibu resident, was in the desert near Edwards Air Force Base taking photos of the sunrise at approximately 6:57 a.m. on Feb. 1 when she noticed the eastern skies were filled with strange trails that might have been vapor and/or smoke trails from the space shuttle as it was reentering the earth’s atmosphere during its fateful destruction.