Posted on 09/11/2015 9:04:48 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: Not once, but twice the International Space Station transits the Sun on consecutive orbits of planet Earth in this video frame composite. The scene was captured on August 22 from a single well-chosen location in Schmalenbeck, Germany where the ISS created intersecting shadow paths only around 7 kilometers wide. Crossing the solar disk in a second or less, the transits themselves were separated in time by about 90 minutes, corresponding to the space station's orbital period. while the large, flare-producing sunspot group below center, AR 2043, remained a comfortable 150 million kilometers away, the distance between camera and orbiting station was 656 kilometers for its first (upper) transit and 915 kilometers for the second more central transit. In remarkably sharp silhouette, the ISS is noticeably larger in angular size during the closer, first pass. Of course, tomorrow the Moon will transit the Sun. But even at well-chosen locations, its dark, central shadow just misses the Earth's surface creating a partial solar eclipse.
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[Credit and Copyright: Hartwig Luethen]
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I’m sure it says Rawlings.
Official national league
Baseball on the other side.
Last sight of a fastball heading your way ... comes to mind.
I was going to say “Play Ball!” but you beat me to it!
“Crossing the solar disk in a second or less”
That’s throwing heat.
Amazing!
Many thanks for your postings — always fascinating!
My pleasure, and thanks for the kind remarks.
Those are the kinds of observations that keep me in stitches.
Another great thread from SunkenCiv
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