Caught solar eclispe with Comsat!

[ThinkOutsideTheHangar]

While checking on my Comsat, I caught this solar eclsipe. (The mun isn't large enough for that, but let call it a eclipse for now.)

Admin, can you please fix the link? Thanks.

Edited March 15, 2014 by sal_vager
Fixed link :)

[SoldierHair]

Imgur links need an 'i.' in front of the url and '.jpg' at the end to work

Your ulr:

http://imgur.com/87bDKPO

The image link:

i.imgur.com/87bDKPO.jpg

The image itself:

[ThinkOutsideTheHangar]

Thanks for fixing the image.

[THE META]

cos kerbin has no axial tilt, is not wobbly, and the mun has no equatorial inclination and neither dies kerbin, solar eclipses are actually quite easy to see.

but still, if those factors weren't there, this would be a very nice and well timed shot. well done!

[deadshot462]

From orbit you may not get a total eclipse as you'll be farther from the sun than Kerbin, making the Mun appear much smaller.

Still great to catch. Sometimes you can catch a Minmus transit if you zoom in from an IVA window.

[SoldierHair]

Here's a pretty offtopic question: can you see light shafts in space?

[THE META]

pretty off-topic answer: no, there is no atmosphere for the light to reflect off of, so shafts of light would not be visible.

[Jart]

Well if you are in a space with enough dust and a close light source, I would say yes.

[Kruleworld]

Here's an eclipse you might see

[Sirrobert]

While checking on my Comsat, I caught this solar eclsipe. (The mun isn't large enough for that, but let call it a eclipse for now.)

http://imgur.com/87bDKPO

Admin, can you please fix the link? Thanks.

I fail to see what there is supposed to be fixed here

[Othuyeg]

I've seen it a few times. It is pretty.

[sporkafife]

I've seen it a few times. It is pretty.

And sometimes it's pretty annoying, especially when you lose control of your vehicle due to lack of electricity... "Wait, why can't I steer? I'm on the day side or Kerbi... oh, a freakin eclipse" xD

[kinnison]

I hate it when I am doing kethane mining with my minimalistic solar powered extractor/miner and there is a Kerbal eclipse, which shuts it down. Happens all the time at relative noon... EVERY TIME!

[SkyRender]

I hate it when I am doing kethane mining with my minimalistic solar powered extractor/miner and there is a Kerbal eclipse, which shuts it down. Happens all the time at relative noon... EVERY TIME!

Well yes, Kerbin and the Mun are tidally locked after all, and have zero inclination relative to the sun. If you want to avoid that sort of thing, plant your mining operations deliberately on the far side of the Mun. Assuming you can find any Kethane over there.

[SpaceSphereOfDeath]

Here's an eclipse you might see

http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/579016913980279535/A27896D43F21B4DC34CA1BF0169E3020E5B683B2/

That looks like the intro to 2001:a space odyssey.