Saturday, March 21, 2015

Double eclipse, of a sort, but very unique


Image Credit & Copyright: Thierry Legault.

 On Friday, from a part of the Earth that only saw part of the Sun eclipsed, a second object appeared simultaneously in front of the Sun: the Earth-orbiting International Space Station. Although space station eclipses are very quick -- in this case only 0.6 seconds, they are not so rare. Capturing this composite image took a lot of planning and a little luck, as the photographer had to dodge a series of third objects that kept, annoyingly, also lining up in front of the Sun: clouds. The above superposed time-lapse sequence was taken from Fregenal de la Sierra in southern Spain. The dark disk of the Moon dominates the lower right, while the Sun's textured surface shows several filaments and, over an edge, a prominence.

via APOD



3 comments:

  1. Are you sure that's not an Imperial Tie-fighter?

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    1. Hahaha! Now if I saw the Millennium Falcon chasing it, I'd believe.

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