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Shuttle snapped up against sun (amazing pic)
The Sun UK ^
| 5/15/2009
| LEON WATSON
Posted on 05/15/2009 8:04:41 AM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies
NASA'S space shuttle Atlantis has been caught in a stunning snap silhouetted against the sun.
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.
(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: astronomy; astrophotography; science; shuttle; sun
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To: SonOfDarkSkies
With no sun spots, what else can an amateur with an expensive sun filter do?
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posted on
05/15/2009 8:08:14 AM PDT
by
Thrownatbirth
(.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91.)
To: SonOfDarkSkies
To: SonOfDarkSkies
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posted on
05/15/2009 8:11:00 AM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
To: SonOfDarkSkies
They’re too close to the Sun! They’re gonna have to crash on the Moon! That’d make a funny movie!
To: SonOfDarkSkies
If I were any good at photoshop, instead of posting this lame comment I would post Katrina beer guy silhouetted against the sun, and Air Force 0ne with the Statue of Liberty silhouetted against the sun.
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posted on
05/15/2009 8:13:17 AM PDT
by
coloradan
(The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
To: SonOfDarkSkies
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posted on
05/15/2009 8:13:27 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(No free man bows to a foreign king.)
To: SonOfDarkSkies
A previous photo from September 2006, of the shuttle and the ISS:
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posted on
05/15/2009 8:13:28 AM PDT
by
justlurking
(The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.)
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
They’re too close to the Sun! They’re gonna have to crash on the Moon! That’d make a funny movie! Yeah, but some lame producer would name it "Airplane".
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posted on
05/15/2009 8:15:35 AM PDT
by
justlurking
(The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.)
To: justlurking
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posted on
05/15/2009 8:16:31 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: justlurking
In response to the person who was worried about the sun being too hot, here's another picture of the space station.
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posted on
05/15/2009 8:17:38 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(No free man bows to a foreign king.)
To: justlurking
OH My GOD, The SUN!!!!
The sun, what is it?
It’s a big fiery ball at the center of our solar system, but that’s not important right now.
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posted on
05/15/2009 8:18:48 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
To: SonOfDarkSkies
Makes you realize just how small mankind is in comparison to God’s creation.
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posted on
05/15/2009 8:20:48 AM PDT
by
Just another Joe
(Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
To: dfwgator
Too hot? Too cold? Either way, it’s Bush’s fault.
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posted on
05/15/2009 8:22:26 AM PDT
by
Clioman
To: coloradan
A photo op is a photo op...
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posted on
05/15/2009 8:23:33 AM PDT
by
andy58-in-nh
(You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.)
To: dfwgator
It’s a big fiery ball at the center of our solar system, but that’s not important right now.Surely you must be joking?
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posted on
05/15/2009 8:24:19 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: Clioman
Do you live in Clio? I am going to a party there this Summer.
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posted on
05/15/2009 8:24:57 AM PDT
by
going hot
(Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
To: andy58-in-nh
Oh please oh please - plunge.
To: Puppage
I just hope the Shuttle doesn’t fly over Macho Grande.
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posted on
05/15/2009 8:25:08 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
To: andy58-in-nh
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posted on
05/15/2009 8:25:08 AM PDT
by
Yogafist
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