Atlantis, Hubble, and Sol

In an impressive bit of photography, amateur astronomer Thierry Legault managed to snap a photo of the Space Shuttle Atlantis and the Hubble Space Telescope in the 0.8 seconds it took them to pass in front of the sun, traveling at more than 15,000 miles per hour.  It’s a pretty cool picture.  (I like the way that at these shutter speeds, the sun looks more like a child's night light than a the super-massive thermonuclear furnace that it is.)

(Via Laughing Squid )