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Solar Eclipse, As Seen From Mir

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the check-out-the-pretty-pictures dept.

David Schick writes "This cool picture was the Astronomy Picture of the Day from the Goddard Space Flight Center on August 30. Apparently, someone on Mir had a chance to take a snapshot of the solar eclipse over Europe. Kudos to Brian B. Riley on the AMSAT-BB mailing list for finding this cool nugget. " Check out the image archive while you're there. Several little files that meet Rob's First Rule of Art [?] .

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  1. Re:I agree by Accipiter · · Score: 3
    Are you kidding? Al Gore invented space.

    -- Give him Head? Be a Beacon?

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  2. Remember Io and Jupiter? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3

    I think was posted here on /. back in April, but I'll post it again in case you're interested. The Hubble Space Telescope took some very nice pictures of Io casting a shadow on Jupiter. This is the link to the story. Click on the picture to go to the download page.