International Space Station captured travelling in front of sun

An image of the International Space Station has been taken by a photographer.

It was expected to be visible above Jamie Cooper's home in Whilton on 17 June.

He used a telescope and a high speed video camera to take a picture of its transit across the sun.

He said that this was an opportunity not to be missed.

Three cosmonauts and four astronauts are currently deployed on the station

He said he was in the right place at the right time.

He said that the space station and the sun are all in a straight line.

I checked the data the day before and it was going to be over my house, so I was lucky.

The high resolution camera has captured solar granulation from gas bubbles percolating on the sun's surface...

... and sun spots are also visible

He was 250 miles away from the space station when it flew over his house.

Mr Cooper's video camera shoots at 80 frames a second, compared to 25 frames a second for a normal camera.

It is important to say that you should never look at the sun without a filter because it can lead to permanent blind spots.

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