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A cosmic coincidence produced an amazing image for a lucky photographer on the ground during a rare celestial alignment earlier this month.<\/p>\n

On May 9, Mercury<\/a> passed in front of the sun, transiting our nearest star for the first time in close to a decade.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At one point as the transit occurred, the International Space Station also passed in front of the sun, allowing photographer Thierry Legault<\/a> to capture both the orbiting space lab and the small planet in one shot.<\/p>\n

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SEE ALSO: The transit of Mercury is producing some awe-inspiring images of our closest star<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Legault was in Philadelphia when he captured the image, one of the few places where he would have been able to see the transit of both the planet and the station across the sun at the same time. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

More about Space Photos<\/a>, Sun<\/a>, Planets<\/a>, Mercury<\/a>, and International Space Station<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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