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The Sun Eclipsed by Earth and the International Space Station

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There was a partial solar eclipse today. The Moon partly obscured the Sun, but photographer Thierry Legault found something else blocking a tiny bit of our home star’s light: The International Space Station.

Such a tiny speck of metal and glass. Legault had to go to Oman in order to capture the Moon and the ISS in the same frame—an amazing feat. [Bad Astronomy]

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