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A spot in the sun
The Daily Mail ^
| Last updated at 12:37pm on 29th September 2006
Posted on 09/29/2006 1:55:08 PM PDT by rightgrafix
It looks like a speck of dust on the surface of the sun. But this spectacular picture shows the space shuttle Atlantis alongside the International Space Station (ISS) silhouetted as they orbit the earth.
The image was taken in Normandy by French astrophotographer Thierry Legault. He used a digital camera attached to a £5,000 specially kitted-out telescope.
The shuttle, which returned last week from a 12-day mission, and the space station can be seen in orbit 250 miles above the earth while the sun is 93 million miles away.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: iss; nasa; spaceshuttle; sun
Very cool... or should I say hot?
To: rightgrafix
To: rightgrafix
I've seen images of the ISS transiting the full moon too. You have to be pretty dedicated to set up that kind of shot!
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posted on
09/29/2006 1:57:50 PM PDT
by
steveo
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To: rightgrafix
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posted on
09/29/2006 1:58:45 PM PDT
by
ml/nj
To: Zuben Elgenubi
The enlargement is the picture to see!
ML/NJ
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posted on
09/29/2006 2:01:08 PM PDT
by
ml/nj
To: Zuben Elgenubi
To: rightgrafix
To: rightgrafix
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posted on
09/29/2006 2:03:27 PM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: rightgrafix
To: Zuben Elgenubi
The thing is, it is not that hard to imagine the size of the disk of the sun as seen by the naked eye. The size of the objects would be proportional -- and therefore bigger than I would expect at that several hundred mile (250) range.
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posted on
09/29/2006 2:10:02 PM PDT
by
Dracian
To: rightgrafix
Why do I hear "Blue Danube" playing in my head?
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posted on
09/29/2006 2:23:06 PM PDT
by
Roccus
(Dealing with Democrats IS the War on Terror. [Stolen from FReeper Stallone])
To: prognostigaator
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posted on
09/29/2006 2:28:54 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: rightgrafix
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posted on
09/29/2006 2:40:36 PM PDT
by
mtbopfuyn
(I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
To: ml/nj
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posted on
09/29/2006 2:48:28 PM PDT
by
Jonx6
To: rightgrafix; blam
Hey blam, you'll like this.
FMCDH(BITS)
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posted on
09/29/2006 3:02:39 PM PDT
by
nothingnew
(I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
To: rightgrafix
Paris sez:
That's hot...
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posted on
09/29/2006 3:06:34 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
(Tagline wanted...inquire within)
To: rightgrafix
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posted on
09/29/2006 3:34:39 PM PDT
by
sigSEGV
To: stylecouncilor
Check it out. You can even see the granulation in the solar atmosphere.
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posted on
09/29/2006 3:49:53 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: sigSEGV
I don't think my monitor will display a full size image of the sun.
;>)
Full size here: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0609/iss_shuttle_legault_f.jpg
To: rightgrafix
But wait! I don't understand how a French photographer could have gotten this picture of the "space station" when it is actually just sitting on a sound stage somewhere like Area 51 and all the astronauts are really staging this whole thing.
At least, isn't that what the tin-foilers would have us to believe? So it must have been some pretty tricky Photoshopping on the part of Thierry and some really deep conspiracy to make everyone just think this is a picture of the "real thing".
Do I even need the /sarcasm tag for the humor impaired??
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posted on
09/29/2006 6:21:07 PM PDT
by
hadit2here
("Most men would rather die than think. Many do." - Bertrand Russell)
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