Some amateur astronomers also use telescopic lenses to photograph the ISS while it transits the sun , sometimes doing so during an eclipse ( and so the Sun , Moon , and ISS are all positioned approximately in a single line ) . One example is during the 21 August solar eclipse , where at one location in Wyoming , images of the ISS were captured during the eclipse . Similar images were captured by NASA from a location in Washington
21 August solar eclipse
Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017
International Space Station