The Hubble and Venus silhouetted against the sun.

Thierry Legault is a Frenchman who travelled to Queensland, Australia for the Venus transit. He captured both Venus and the Hubble Space Telescope as they passed in front of the sun. This is a composite photograph – 9 exposures taken in under a second, during which the HST zipped in front of the sun.
I’m not going to steal his photo. You can see it at:
http://legault.perso.sfr.fr/venus_hst_transit.html

I’m jealous.

Posted by sheila

Sheila came to La Palma with a six month contract and has stayed 24 years so far. She used to work as a software engineer at the observatory, but now she's a writer and Starlight guide.