NASA'S space shuttle Atlantis has been caught in a stunning snap silhouetted against

**Jason** · 05-25-2009, 12:12 PM

The pic — the first ever image taken of a solar transit of a space shuttle and Hubble Space Telescope — was taken by an amateur astronomer from his back garden.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...cle2431157.ece

**sobeit** · 05-25-2009, 12:18 PM

its a wonder that someone from the whitehouse did not get into trouble because of that flyby

TJ Belfiore · 05-25-2009, 05:37 PM

Brilliant, you have to love art such as this. Kudos.

**zuluclayman** · 05-26-2009, 01:47 AM

great image - I wanna go flying in space!

**ssj4Gogeta** · 05-26-2009, 01:14 PM

wowwww that's uber cool.

**WereBo** · 05-26-2009, 01:29 PM

Stunning!!! And phenomenal timing, too...

Mcninjaguy · 05-27-2009, 04:09 AM

I wonder how they got sun to not shine so brightly?

**ssj4Gogeta** · 05-27-2009, 06:29 AM

It wasn't taken with a normal camera. Most likely through the telescope or something. They have filters so that you can look directly at the sun, afaik.

Mcninjaguy · 05-27-2009, 06:46 AM

Yea I guess I'm looking for the technical explanation.

**WereBo** · 05-27-2009, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mcninjaguy

I wonder how they got sun to not shine so brightly?

Well, the sky's dark, so the photo must have been taken at night....

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**ssj4Gogeta** · 05-27-2009, 11:41 PM

I'm guessing they use polaroids.

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WereBo Resident Village Idiot Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: SE London, UK Posts: 14,403 OS: Win-7, XP-Pro SP3 My System	Re: NASA'S space shuttle Atlantis has been caught in a stunning snap silhouetted agai Stunning!!! And phenomenal timing, too... __________________ I shall meet all of my deadlines directly in proportion to the amount of bodily injury I could expect to receive from missing them.

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Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: NASA'S space shuttle Atlantis has been caught in a stunning snap silhouetted agai I wonder how they got sun to not shine so brightly?

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Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: NASA'S space shuttle Atlantis has been caught in a stunning snap silhouetted agai Yea I guess I'm looking for the technical explanation.

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ssj4Gogeta Custom User Title Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: India Posts: 1,863 OS: Windows XP SP2, Vista, Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex, Leopard (Kalyway) My System	Re: NASA'S space shuttle Atlantis has been caught in a stunning snap silhouetted agai I'm guessing they use polaroids.