00:03This is our sun, you know, that star at the center of the solar system that provides light
00:08and heat to all the planets. And this photo of it was taken by Andrew McCarthy in California
00:13using a 4,000 millimeter telescope attached to his camera. And while the 200 megapixel
00:18image is breathtaking in its own right, it's also hiding a little something for those patient
00:22enough to keep zooming in. That's because McCarthy wasn't simply taking a picture of
00:26the sun, but rather capturing the moment the International Space Station passes right in
00:30front of it. This right here is the ISS passing in front of the sun in a quote, blink and
00:36you'll
00:36miss it, razor thin moment. McCarthy used a website that predicts when the space station
00:40will be in particular positions to time his shots. But even with the prediction, he says
00:44these passes are still invisible to the naked eye. Not that you should be looking at the sun
00:48anyways. Luckily, his telescope can hook up to his computer where he can spot it without
00:52sustaining eye damage. But this isn't his first ISS photoshoot either. He took these images
00:56of the space station passing in front of the moon earlier this year, making us wonder just
01:01what crazy cosmic object he'll be photographing next.
