Ok, I rarely do plugs like this, but I found multiple references to these photos on Stumble Upon and they are truly amazing. I’m sure I won’t be the only one. Voyez plutôt.
Thierry Legault, a French (cocorico) astrophotographer, has managed to take incredible photos of the space shuttle Atlantis during its transit in the company of Hubble in front of the sun.
He shoots with photo and astronomy gear that is quite beyond my understanding, except for the Canon 5D Mark II, camera of my dreams. The pictures were taken from Florida a few days ago, and they leave me speechless. Imagine that the transit durations were 0.8 seconds for the image of Atlantis and Hubble on his web site (altitude: 600 km) and 0.3 seconds for the image below which is a crop (altitude: 250 km)! Go visit his site, it’s well worth it.
Of course, Thierry could use the help of a good web designer, mais, bon, personne n’est parfait... 
Earlier thoughts of mercury generated this new little toy: I’ve created a slideshow with the best images throughout the site, in a morphing sequence. No new content, it’s basically an experimental tool I might eventually incorporate into each gallery. The whole thing is based on TwinHelix’s Photo Morpher script. I also use their great menu script. Awesome stuff. 
« What an extraordinary picture ! Awesome !
Date of comment: 2009-05-17 15:59 •And touching, too. So small against so big ! »
« It reminds me of 2001 A Space Odyssey, for some reason. It used to look so good in fiction, it now looks good for real. We have a long way to go catching up with Arthur C. Clarke, but there’s time. Some. »
Date of comment: 2009-05-18 10:07 •