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STS-125 Atlantis Solar Transit (200905120002HQ)


STS-125 Atlantis Solar Transit (200905120002HQ)

In this tightly cropped image, the NASA space shuttle Atlantis is seen in silhouette during solar transit, Tuesday, May 12, 2009, from Florida. This image was made before Atlantis and the crew of STS-125 had grappled the Hubble Space Telescope. Photo Credit: (NASA/Thierry Legault)

Thierry made this image using a solar-filtered Takahashi 5-inch refracting telescope and a Canon 5D Mark II digital camera. Photo Credit: (NASA/Thierry Legault)

You can see more of Thierry’s fine work at: www.astrophoto.fr/

mood music


mood music

The DJ’s virtual deck.

a golden sunset


a golden sunset

Unbelievably orange evening light in my kitchen; It disappeared barely 2 minutes later. This is straight out of the camera on auto WB, with slight cropping done in Lightroom.

Flushhhh


Flushhhh

What a masterfully-executed double exposure. I’m going to have to try this someday.. heh.