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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.
That's about what I thought. While I appreciate the difficulty in actually taking the picture, I don't really find it to be very impressive.
If I don't put anything here, will anyone recognize me anymore?
"Today" is relative. I saw a different one. Use a fixed date: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090516.html
..of course it's all a trick of perspective. Being able to see them at all against the sun is about as accurate as holding your hand up to your face and squishing the sun between your fingers.
Don't you know that if you stare in the sun you can the Virgin Mary? It's a proven fact. Try it the next time you're outside during the day.
IANAA, but the sun appears spherical instead of like a big flat bright disc because it is indeed a spherical object - not a big flat bright disc.
...how beautiful the simplest things can be.
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What?! Stop the press, we have someone for whom OGG playback in a browser works flawlessly!!
You just got troll'd!