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The shot. Perfectly aligned with the sun, it created a stunning image dubbed “The Fall of Icarus.” Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy said it takes tremendous planning and precision.
Shot of a man parachuting through the sun (Photo: X/Andrew McCarthy)
that Astrophotographer It captured a stunning shot of a skydiver falling perfectly in line with the Sun’s fiery surface, making it appear as if the airborne adventurer is stumbling through the void of space in front of our local star.
Andrew McCarthy, from Arizona Astrophotographer The specialist in photographing the sun, captured the unexpected photo on Saturday. McCarthy wrote in a post on the social media platform
“Tremendous planning and artistic precision were needed for this preposterous (but real) sight: I snapped a photo of my friend @BlackGryph0n crossing the sun while skydiving. This may be the first photo of its kind in existence. Watch a video of this moment in reply,” McCarthy’s post reads,
The publication added: “The moment of the jump was captured with hydrogen alpha light to analyze the sun’s atmosphere.”
The skydiver in the photo was YouTuber and musician Gabriel C. Brown, who jumped from a small propeller-driven vehicle at an altitude of about 3,500 feet (1,070 meters), and about 8,000 feet (2,440 meters) from McCarthy’s camera. Brown shared several behind-the-scenes photos from the shoot in an Instagram post, including a video of him and McCarthy celebrating the shoot.
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