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Double Eclipse Photographed, Sun, Moon, and ISS

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-isn't-that-pretty dept.

The Bad Astronomer writes "The exceptionally talented astrophotographer Thierry Legault captured a picture extraordinary even for him: the space station passing in front of the Sun while the Sun was being partially eclipsed by the Moon! He traveled all the way from France to the Sultanate of Oman to take this amazing shot. I have more information about the picture itself on the Bad Astronomy blog, but you should go to Thierry's website to see more amazing pictures he's taken over the years. They're simply jaw-dropping."

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  1. Eclipsed .... by gstoddart · · Score: 4, Funny

    Looks like the site has been eclipsed already. :(

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    1. Re:Eclipsed .... by TheL0ser · · Score: 3, Funny

      It always amuses me to think of servers and networking equipment melting whenever I see a slashdotting.

  2. Re:That's no moon by ArcherB · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...it's a space station.

    So apropos for once.

    Actually it is a moon AND a space station.

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  3. Photoshopped by michelcolman · · Score: 4, Funny

    The shadows are all wrong.

  4. OMG it's a double ecplise all the way! by RevWaldo · · Score: 4, Funny

    What does this mean!?

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    1. Re:OMG it's a double ecplise all the way! by dkleinsc · · Score: 3, Funny

      No, that's actually a misprint. It's actually The Great Conjugation, an event in which all possible verb forms in all known languages are spelled out and used correctly in a sentence.

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