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Solar Flare Photobombs The ISS in Perfectly Timed Photo


Pictures of the International Space Station as it passes in front of the Sun or Moon are a bit of a feather in the cap of space photographers – but Arizona-based astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy bagged a real prize.

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