In this tightly cropped image the NASA space shuttle Atlantis and the Hubble Space Telescope are seen in silhouette, side by side during solar transit at 12:17p.m. EDT, Wednesday, May 13, 2009, from west of Vero Beach, Florida. The two spaceships were at an altitude of 600 km and they zipped across the sun in only 0.8 seconds. Photo Credit: (NASA/Thierry Legault)
Thierry made this image using a solar-filtered Takahashi 5-inch refracting telescope and a Canon 5D Mark II digital camera. Photo Credit: (NASA/Thierry Legault)
You can see more of Thierry's fine work at: www.astrophoto.fr/
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Red Giraffe 49 months ago | reply
Just incredible.
nimmykins 49 months ago | reply
That's amazing.
Rossy65 49 months ago | reply
Don't look at this, you will go blind!
JT Images 49 months ago | reply
WOW!!!!
keirhardie 49 months ago | reply
"Gulp"
flicksterjim 49 months ago | reply
Amazing.
CrabAppleLane Rob 49 months ago | reply
This is one of the coolest photos I have ever seen. Good job.
danielguip 49 months ago | reply
EXTRAORDINARY !!! And it does not make it to Explorer !! incredible...
Leap Year Photography 49 months ago | reply
I thought we captured some great florida sunsets leapyearphoto.com/blog/tag/florida-sunset-photography but nothing compares to this! Incredible!
suldrew 49 months ago | reply
fantastic.
B-chan 49 months ago | reply
amazing.
molaire2 49 months ago | reply
impressionnant
boxwithaneye 49 months ago | reply
No that's ET on a bycycle.
india_vino 49 months ago | reply
Hi! Thats a completely unbelievable photograph...Great work!!!
Jvonrockmann 49 months ago | reply
Saw this on MY NASA. So the sun is the big cheese.
Meridon 49 months ago | reply
wow. what an amazing picture! :D
levas.cernovas 49 months ago | reply
Wow.. one more step.. the moon was first, now they landed to the Sun!
huantutri 49 months ago | reply
No manches que fotototota, congratulations
vkazion 49 months ago | reply
credits to NASA.for getting such an incredible picture
igamogam 47 months ago | reply
Phenomenal!