Astonishing photo of the shuttle Atlantis and Hubble passing in front of the Sun
taken from Vero Beach Florida
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bottom left hand corner - really.
not sunspots
ok, here is the blowup
UPDATE: here is a second shot before HST rendevouz of Atlantis alone
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nice solar granulation
How was that photo taken?
OK..that is one very, VERY neat photo!
And by whom? Surely such a thing deserves a credit.
http://legault.club.fr/atlantis_hst_transit.html
A friend of mine gave me that link. Looks like it has more info on the photos in question. The camera that took it used a 1/8000s exposure time!
Thierry Legault also has an Atlantis and ISS photo.
The click through links go to the NASA web page that has the info on the photographer.
I grabbed this off the Twitter feed, so had essentially no info other than when and where it was taken, when I posted it.
I am presuming high speed digital through a small solar telescope with neutral filter.
Legault was the photographer.