Watch the International Space Station Cross Over the Eclipsed Sun

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NASA videographer Joel Kowsky used a high-speed camera to capture the crossing, known as a transit, at 1,500 frames per second. Kowsky recorded the footage from near Banner, Wyoming, today (Aug. 21).

The ISS transited the partial eclipse at approximately 5 miles per second (8 kilometers per second).

This is hardly the ISS' first incredible transit captured on film. NASA photographer Lauren Harnett took a series of images from Houston of the ISS transiting the moon in January 2012.

The Great American Solar Eclipse will continue to wow people today as it crosses the United States, traveling in a path stretching from Oregon to South Carolina. A partial solar eclipse will be visible from all over North America, including parts of South America, Africa and Europe.

Note: Video edited by Space.com senior producer Steve Spaleta.

Original article on Live Science.

Laura Geggel
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Laura is the managing editor at Live Science. She also runs the archaeology section and the Life's Little Mysteries series. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Scholastic, Popular Science and Spectrum, a site on autism research. She has won multiple awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association for her reporting at a weekly newspaper near Seattle. Laura holds a bachelor's degree in English literature and psychology from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in science writing from NYU.