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Shuttle and Hubble Passing In Front of the Sun

Posted by timothy on from the ad-astra-per-alia-porci dept.

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.

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  1. Re:Fly by TinBromide · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That's absolutely ridiculous, if you had eyes at all you'd notice that its really fruit fly on a honeydew.

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  2. Re:Crappy quality by ikirudennis · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yes, I've read all this, but my question is: Is this such a fantastic and amazing picture or am I just too accustomed to the high quality of NASA photos?

  3. Re:Reminds me... by spartacus_prime · · Score: 0, Redundant

    But zey do nozing!

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  4. Re:Fly by Hognoxious · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Entirely different, the Sun emits light.

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  5. Re:Reminds me... by Reziac · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The goggles! They do nothing!!

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