Spectacular New Photo!!!!

On Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at 7:26:04 PM UTC-7, Sam Wormley wrote:
On 9/8/15 5:55 PM, The Starmaker wrote:
Space Station Crosses Sun's Face in Spectacular New Photo
http://www.space.com/30485-internati...sun-photo.html


Can someone explain to me what is the "Spectacular" part of this photo?

This composite photo made from five images shows the International
Space Station crossing the sun's face on Sept. 6, 2015. The images
were captured from Shenandoah National Park in Virginia.
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

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It IS a spectacular photo, despite the disparaging comments from the Peanut Gallery.

On Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at 10:56:35 PM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
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On Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at 8:55:42 PM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
palsing wrote:

On Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at 7:26:04 PM UTC-7, Sam Wormley wrote:
On 9/8/15 5:55 PM, The Starmaker wrote:
Space Station Crosses Sun's Face in Spectacular New Photo
http://www.space.com/30485-internati...sun-photo.html


Can someone explain to me what is the "Spectacular" part of this photo?

This composite photo made from five images shows the International
Space Station crossing the sun's face on Sept. 6, 2015. The images
were captured from Shenandoah National Park in Virginia.
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

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It IS a spectacular photo, despite the disparaging comments from the Peanut Gallery.


But can you answer "What is Spectacular" about it? Is it the xxxxx's or
a yellow sun that is suppose to be white...or what?

Sure. The photographer had to be in just the right place, making sure that the ISS would pass between the Sun and himself. This alone takes some doing. Those X's you refer to are actually the solar panels of the ISS itself, and if you took the time to look at the full-size version of the picture....

http://www.space.com/30485-internati...sun-photo.html

... you could see what incredible detail this photographer captured. As stated on that page, this is a stacked composite of 5 frames, and the spacing between these frames is nearly perfect, to my eye.

The Sun is yellow in this picture because the photographer used a filter, obviously.

All in all, this is a marvelous photo.


Oh, you mean it's a Kodak Moment.

Absolutely!