Rare Triple Alignment Captures Plane, ISS, and Sun in Single Frame
NASA
- A rare photograph has captured a triple alignment of an airplane, the International Space Station (ISS), and the Sun.
- Location: Prasek, Czech Republic.
- Photographer: Petr Horalek.
Key Details
- The Sun's disk displays expected dark sunspots caused by magnetic fields.
- The ISS is visible as a small dark structure on the mid-left, captured through precisely timed, sub-second photography.
- The airplane appeared unexpectedly during the exposure, creating a miniature partial eclipse effect across the solar surface.
Statistical Rarity
- The photographer estimates the statistical probability of capturing both the ISS and a plane in a single random solar photograph at that location to be approximately 30 million to one.