I found this amazing photo on the NASA Image of the Day Gallery. It was too neat not to post. Here is the information that accompanied it.
Transiting the Sun
In this tightly cropped image, the NASA space shuttle Atlantis is seen in silhouette during solar transit, Tuesday, May 12, 2009, from Florida. This image was made before Atlantis and the crew of STS-125 had grappled the Hubble Space Telescope.
The phtographer made this image using a solar-filtered Takahashi 5-inch refracting telescope and a Canon 5D Mark II digital camera.
Image Credit: NASA/Thierry Legault
That is just such an amazing shot. The sun looks like a ripe lemon with the filter they have used. It really does resemble Star Trek.
ReplyDeleteThat is too cool. It makes you realise how tiny we really are!
ReplyDeleteFantastic image! Thanks.
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