What occur when the International Space Station fly past the Sun ? Nothing as bad as the destiny that befellIcarus , fortunately — just a squeamish image , instead .
In this picture , you’re able to see how the silhouette of the ISS as it pass across the human face of Sun on Sunday September 6th . act at about 5 air mile per irregular , the image actually shows five skeletal frame that were captured during the transportation , sew together together as a composite .
It ’s not the first trope we ’ve seen of thespace station go across by the Sun(orthe moonshine , either ) but the composite does a skillful job of put the scale of the objects into position . Dwarfed by the size of the sunlight , it ’s hard to opine that thefunny - shape small craftactually serves as home to nine cosmonaut right now .
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Image Credit : NASA / Bill Ingalls
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