- Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has captured a unique photograph of a skydiver appearing to fall in front of the sun. This "Fall of Icarus" image required extensive planning and several attempts to achieve.
- Andrew McCarthy, an astrophotographer based in Arizona, took the photograph on Saturday, November 8th.
- The skydiver featured is YouTuber and musician Gabriel C. Brown, who jumped from an altitude of approximately 3,500 feet (1,070 meters).
- McCarthy's camera was positioned about 8,000 feet (2,440 meters) away from the skydiver's jump point.
- The image was captured using hydrogen alpha light to reveal the sun’s atmosphere.
- Achieving the shot involved meticulous planning and six attempts to align the aircraft with the sun due to a narrow field of view.
- The primary challenge was tracking the aircraft reliably against the sun, a new complication compared to McCarthy's usual solar photography.
- McCarthy considers this one of his top five career photographs.
- He has previously captured other solar transit images, including the International Space Station during a solar flare and a SpaceX rocket crossing the sun.
- His past notable works include images of a large solar plasma plume, the lunar surface, and Mars eclipsed by the moon.
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