Fall Of Icarus – A skydiver’s silhouette perfectly aligned with the Sun in a real, once‑in‑a‑lifetime astrophotography shot

    by Emotional_Quarter330

    9 Comments

    1. Emotional_Quarter330 on

      This image, called “The Fall of Icarus,” shows skydiver Gabriel C. Brown free‑falling at about 3,500 feet while astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy captured his silhouette against a high‑resolution view of the Sun’s surface, using hydrogen‑alpha telescopes and weeks of precise planning to line up the jump with the solar disc.

    2. I thought it was another microscope slide with “secretions” and a tiny baby, wearing a parachute for fun.

    Leave A Reply