I chose this one for familiarity. This photo looks the same
at 30,000 feet anywhere on the planet…
This volcano from Eritrea is just across the Red Sea from
Saudi Arabia
TWO
ECLIPSES FOR THE PRICE OF ONE
On January 4, 2011 (so
it just made this list)
there was a partial solar eclipse, with the Moon cutting a chord across the
Sun. Astrophotographer Thierry Legault, using some astronomy software, realized
the best place to take pictures of the eclipse was in Muscat in the Sultanate
of Oman. Why there? Because from that location during the eclipse the
International Space Station also transited the Sun! He snapped this picture
with preternatural timing; the ISS moves so rapidly as seen from the ground
that it only takes 0.9 seconds to cross the Sun's face. Thierry literally had
to have split-second timing to get this once-in-a-lifetime shot.
Image credit: Thierry Legault
Muscat, Oman is geographically stone-throw-away from the south of Saudi Arabia so I chose this one :-)
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