Legault is an astrophotographer based in France and he captured the International Space Station crossing the path of the January 4th double solar eclipse. Of all the hundreds of thousands of photographs taken of the eclipse, this one picture by Legault is the one that wins the Blue Ribbon.
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In an article about the photograph published in the two-way, NPR's news blog, Legault explains how he made the picture:
"I used one telescope. I used a reflex camera in continuous shooting. The timing and placing (my position on the ground my be accurate at better than two or three kilometers along the passage line) was calculated with a special site and checked with a GPS. This needs a lot of preparation in advance, and also a lot of training in advance."
You can see more of Theirry Legault's work on his website, http://legault.perso.sfr.fr/
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