Total Solar Eclipse from Space Station

Here is what a total solar eclipse looks like from space, courtesy of the astronauts on ISS, the big black mark is the Moon's shadow moving across Earth's surface:

Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center. 6 Apr. 2006. 'Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Photographic Highlights.'

It kinda reminds me of one of those creepy moments in sci-fi/horror films when they realise that the "black nothingness" is spreading. That is one of the cool things you get to see when you have people permanently in space.

Will Australia get into space?

• Senator Grant Chapman's Space: A Priority for Australia (PDF) policy document (Jan 2006).


• Dr Andy Thomas' interview with the Mars Consortium.


• Dr Andy Thomas' dream of a Woomera Spaceport.


• More info about Woomera can be found online.


• Australian Space Industry Chamber of Commerce.