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Atlantis silhouette during solar transit

Posted Sat, 16/05/2009 - 11:30 by Dan

This image shows the space shuttle Atlantis in silhouette during solar transit on Tuesday 12th May 2009. Pretty cool!

STS-125 Atlantis Solar Transit (200905120002HQ)

Photo Credit: (NASA/Thierry Legault)

Thierry made this image using a solar-filtered Takahashi 5-inch refracting telescope and a Canon 5D Mark II digital camera. Photo Credit: (NASA/Thierry Legault)

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