Phil Plait over at the Bad Astronomy blog has posted a gorgeous picture from Thierry Legault showing the International Space Station (ISS) and the Space Shuttle Atlantis transiting in front of the sun. In this image, Atlantis is turning to show its belly to the crew of the ISS. That way they can inspect the belly for any damage to the heat resistant tiles.
I have cropped the picture to show the relevant section, but you still need to click on the picture to see it at its full resolution. Even more impressive is to see the full 4,000 x 4,000 image. Click on the link below to see that 16 million pixel image, and read more about this shot.
The big yellow thing is the Sun. But look at the upper right section. See those two dark blips? The one on the left is the Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis and on the right is the International Space Station! Incredibly, Thierry caught them as they passed directly in front of the Sun! To give you an idea of how talented Thierry is, the entire transit lasted just over half a second.
