"New video recorded during NASA痴 Orion return through Earth痴 atmosphere provides viewers a taste of what the vehicle endured as it returned through Earth痴 atmosphere during its Dec. 5 flight test.

The video begins 10 minutes before Orion's 11:29 a.m. EST splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, just as the spacecraft was beginning to experience Earth's atmosphere. Peak heating from the friction caused by the atmosphere rubbing against Orion's heat shield comes less than two minutes later, and the footage shows the plasma created by the interaction change from white to yellow to lavender to magenta as the temperature increases. The video goes on to show the deployment of Orion痴 parachutes and the final splash as it touches down."

From http://science.slashdot.org/story/14/12/19/2220211/nasa-video-shows-what-its-like-to-reenter-the-earths-atmosphere ...