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axxxr Posts: > 500

It looks like a speck of dust on the surface of the sun. But this spectacular picture shows the space shuttle Atlantis alongside the International Space Station (ISS) silhouetted as they orbit the earth.

The image was taken in Normandy by French astrophotographer Thierry Legault. He used a digital camera attached to a £5,000 specially kitted-out telescope.

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Posted: 2006-09-30 20:19:33
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BobaFett Posts: > 500

amazing pix, thx for it

never saw the sun like that before...
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Posted: 2006-09-30 20:25:13
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axxxr Posts: > 500

It is an amazing picture....not something your see everyday...well its certainly the first time i've seen such an amazing picture from space!
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Posted: 2006-09-30 20:35:33
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darky Posts: 299

beautiful
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Posted: 2006-09-30 20:53:18
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QVGA Posts: > 500

Looks like the yellow part of an egg.
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Posted: 2006-09-30 21:39:42
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axxxr Posts: > 500

yeh i'll be thinking of this next time im eating my yolk!

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Posted: 2006-09-30 21:50:04
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mustafabay Posts: > 500

Looks like one of those balls you see on google.
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Posted: 2006-09-30 21:52:30
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02 Posts: > 500

Knowing the Sun is the biggest planet in the system.. that satelite must be really close to earth.
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Posted: 2006-09-30 22:05:16
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axxxr Posts: > 500

Its things like this which me wonder....the human race can do all this yet we can't work out our differences on the one planet we all share...its pretty sad really.

Just imagine if every race,religion,colour put their minds together and looked passed our differences and worked together...we surely would have colonised the Moon,Mars and who knows where else by now.
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Posted: 2006-09-30 22:16:06
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EastCoastStar Posts: > 500

@02, the satellite is right outside of the atmosphere. its still in earths gravitational pull, so its millions of miles from the sun. the ISS revolves around earth.

i watch the shuttle go up every single time in person, and it still amazes me,
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Posted: 2006-09-30 22:42:57
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