Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy caught the precise moment when our star literally aligned with a falling skydiver, resulting in an "absolutely preposterous (but real) view" of a human silhouetted against the Sun's detailed fiery surface.
The creative first took "immense planning", McCarthy wrote on X, adding, "This might be the first photo of [its] kind in existence."
This included lining up the angle of the Sun, skydiving position, exit altitude, ground distance, and telescope distance, all at the same precise time.
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