https://freerepublic.com/tag/dontstareatthesun/ en-us Fri, 5 May 2023 18:51:56 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4151034/posts Close Up Of ISS And Sun The Sun (Andrew McCarthy) The Sun is incomprehensibly massive, turbulent, and violent. It erupts high-energy radiation into space, some of which slams into the International Space Station rocketing around Earth. The ISS circles our planet 16 times a day. With the right telescope, from the right location, you can see it passing overhead. And for just a few precious milliseconds, the astronaut-staffed space laboratory will occasionally zip across the face of the Sun. Photographer Andrew McCarthy recently captured that split moment in a stunning portrait that took 12 hours to compose, three telescopes to... Science Alert https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4151034/posts#comment Fri, 5 May 2023 18:51:56 GMT