That’s the space shuttle orbiter Atlantis, with the Hubble Space Telescope, in front of the sun. Wow!
It’s difficult to imagine a more epic scene, but this photo has modest origins: amateur Astronomer Thierry Legault shot it with nothing but his own telescope, a solar prism and a Canon 5D Mk II. — Gizmodo
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