Here is a picture from the Daily Mail showing what appears to be a sunspot.

And here is a picture showing you what it really is.....

Say Hello to the International space station and the shuttle Atlantis.

Why on earth.....I mean in space, are the shuttle and the ISS near the sun. Imagne the air....space miles. Must be boring on long jouneys. Just imagine if the space tourists take their kids who just keep saying, "Are we there yet?"

Those are kewl pics! I remember 4 or 5 years ago, someone found a website that told us when the space station (smaller then of course) and space shuttle would both be visible in the evening from where we worked. It would have been early spring or late autumn, when the sun was setting about 5:15-5:30. Once the sun had dropped low enough so that it was twilight on the ground but was still shining above us, it lit up the space station and the shuttle from below so we could see them as white dots passing overhead. Obviously not spectactular to look at, but I never expected to see anything like that with the naked eye. As I recall, the two were separating as the shuttle was about to come back down to earth, and over the few minutes that they were visible we could see them moving further apart.

My first thought with the initial picture was, it looked kinda like the Phoenix... sorry must be my gatch mind again

HHHmmmmm, almost looks like it. Does that mean they wre battling Spectre's latest mech?

Could very well have been. I thought my bird senses were tingeling!

So..... what is it supposed to be, anyway???

Originally posted by Cep Say Hello to the International space station and the shuttle Atlantis.

Lol