Succeeded to shoot the ISS across the sun with a total solar eclipse shot

On August 21, 2017, a total solar eclipse was observed in various places across the mainland of the United States. A solar eclipse was observed in the mainland of the United States for the first time in 38 years and the solar eclipse was observed to cross the North American continent for the first time since 1918. When we look at the total solar eclipse at a glance in the United States I saw the appearance of the people looking up at. There is a moment when the International Space Station (ISS) just crosses the sun and the earth while shooting such a total solar eclipse, and a valuable movie that succeeded in shooting that state is released on YouTube.

Space Station Transiting 2017 ECLIPSE, My Brain Stopped Working - Smarter Every Day 175 - YouTube


At the very moment that a "solar eclipse" where a part of the round sun looks missing is occurring, the ISS succeeded in photographing the unusual picture that the ISS crosses the front of the sunSmarterEveryDayMr. Dustin who runs a YouTube channel called that one line. The shooting date is August 21, 2017, the place is "a special place" in central Wyoming province.


ISS on August 9RibstResults ......


Calculating the trajectory revealed that it is possible to observe how the ISS passes in front of the sun during solar eclipse only in certain areas of central Wyoming.


And, the photographing spot where Dustin's squad takes is exactly the "place where you can observe how ISS passes in front of the sun during solar eclipse", so it is a "special place".


So it seems that we negotiated with the farmer who is the owner of the land and specially made the observation of the solar eclipse inside the private property.


Because it may hurt the eyes when seeing the sun during solar eclipse, bring cellophane and dedicated film ......


Cover binoculars and camera lenses.


It takes about 4 hours to set the camera etc for solar eclipse ... ...


After that, the clouds will clear up and it will become a fine weather for the observation of the solar eclipse.


Canon's camera for shootingEOS 70DAt the lens is Tamron'sA011 C - 700 SP 150 - 600 mm F / 5-6.3, A high-performance extender that doubles the focal length of the lensEXTENDER EF 2 × IIIAlso used.


On the monitor, the sun is in the state that some of it is missing.


And it is a picture that contains the crucial moment that ISS passed in front of the eclipse of the sun.


Dustin san who wants high touch unexpectedly.


Let's see the moment the ISS passed again.


Where you are, ISS is the small point in the red frame below.


It passed by the sun in just a few seconds.


After that, when the total solar eclipse comes, the neighborhood will become dark like the night, despite the time the sun is still high in the sky.


This is a state of solar eclipse taken by Mr. Trevor who is one of companions of Mr. Dustin.



In addition, Matt, who is another companion, also shoots a picture of taking a total solar eclipse with a movie, and it is published on YouTube.

Smarter Every Day & TMBH Eclipse Transit Magic! - YouTube