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SDCgeeek t1_jdoqc2s wrote

Very cool, thanks for sharing. Just curious, what was your favorite thing to photograph throughout your time in space and why?

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astro_pettit OP t1_jdoslx4 wrote

I captured the Transit of Venus across the sun in 2012, which occurs once every 100 years, and was lucky enough to be on station when it happened.

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bless-you-mlud t1_jdq0uxf wrote

> the Transit of Venus across the sun in 2012, which occurs once every 100 years

As opposed to the transit of the Earth across the sun, which occurs every 90 minutes.

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A_Suspicious_Fart t1_jdryqkv wrote

Did you ever play around with radio setup, and chat with bam operators on the ground?

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