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Shuttle and Hubble Passing In Front of the Sun
GvG was one of several readers to point out this "incredible photo clearly showing the silhouette of Atlantis and the Hubble Space Telescope as they passed in front of the Sun was taken 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." The image is all over the Web now, for good reason.
is that me or is that a housefly on an orange.
thats because god used coreldraw
By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth. -- George Carlin
...my eye's...I can't see anymore...
Sleep your way to a whiter smile...date a dentist!
That's no moon....
You know how boobs sag?
Imagine that sagging upward.
Or outward.
you could get a picture of passing gas.
I've got 101 mod points and you can't have them!
I think you need to spend more time staring at the Sun. Big yellow orb? Check.
I have seen the future, and it is inconvenient.
While I realize the difficulty of actually taking this picture, am I the only one who thinks this picture is actually really terrible quality? Or am I just used to much better quality from NASA photos?
They're up there to *fix* the hubble. They haven't actually fixed it yet...
There's no place like
Yes, who would have thought that the Sun, the star around which would rotate, would be SOOOOO much bigger than a space vehicle and a space telescope. Next thing you know we'll have pictures showing how tiny people and cars look seen from space compared to the hugeness of Earth.
You just got troll'd!
Everyone knows the sun-landings were faked.
That explains it. I wondered what that fleeting shadow was.
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Wow. I have mod points but without a "-1 flat-out-wrong" option it just doesn't seem worth it.
...'tis easier to blame than to improve.
I could see more clearly what was going on if they just cleaned off those two little black specks in the picture.
I am anarch of all I survey.
Sure kid, I got one for ya.
"All boobs are perky in 0g." :)
Yes. But, some are longer than others.
I reserve the write to mangle english.
Bear in mind that the photo is being taken...during the daytime...
Definitely should have taken the picture at night.
I just accidentally my eyes.
may I suggest that you try the goggles?
Every half-competent photographer knows you should use a flash when taking a picture of a backlit subject.
I find you lack of original conversation disturbing!
... It's the Eye of Sauron.
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That's so fucking obvious I don't see why you felt the need to mention it, unless you think everyone else is stupid. My hat blocks the sun, but that never made me think the sun is turnip sized.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."