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The picture was taken on September 17, 2006, less than an hour after Atlantis had undocked from the ISS. By capturing them in silhouette against the Sun, he could take such a short exposure that any atmospheric distortion was frozen out.

An image of the North Pole that captures the moon at its closest point and shows the sun below the moon


Unfortunately though, it is not a photograph.

The image is work by artist Inga Nielsen. The image, called "Hideaway" can be viewed on the artist's website.

The image was created using a scenery generator program called Terragen™

Heres a pic from 2004 of a lunar ecplipse.

Mars's Victoria Crater, an impact crater near the Martian equator, is approximately half a mile (800 meters) in diameter.

The Space Shuttle Discovery, riding atop a Boeing 747, makes its decent to Barksdale Air Force Base as it flies over I-20 in Bossier City August 19, 2005

Is that how they make baby planes ??????

May 19th 2007 - Lunar Eclipse with Venus.

Thats almost unreal that Joe, I like it!

Nice find

wow thats amazin looks like the footage at the begining of 1 of the films

A shooting star.

I saw one for the first time the other day, pretty amazing sight.

wow cool.... is it as obvious as that? or do i sound totally dumb there lol
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yeah, pretty much but you only see it for about a second.

Its got to be a real clear night and you have to watch the sky for a while, but its worth it when you see one

gd shot, I seen one going from right to left back in 2007 an they are amazin!! hope i get to see a second one.

Lol I dont think I have the patience to sit there for hours waiting.

Think I caught a glimpse of one once years ago when me and me mates were camping out, not 100% sure however.

i saw a meteor shower years ago whwn i was camping with mates fro school. We sat in the field for hours watching them, its an amazing spectacle.....