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11-15-2025, 09:56 AM
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The Fall of Icarus: Skydiver Aligned with the Fiery Surface of the Sun
Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has snapped a striking shot of a skydiving YouTuber perfectly aligned with the fiery surface of the sun. The unlikely image, dubbed "The Fall of Icarus," required meticulous planning to pull off. Andrew McCarthy, an Arizona-based astrophotographer who specializes in photographing the sun, captured the unlikely photo on Saturday (Nov. 8) at around 9 a.m. MST (11 am EST). The shot, dubbed "The Fall of Icarus," required an "absolutely preposterous" level of planning and "might be the first photo of its kind in existence," McCarthy told. The skydiver in the image was the YouTuber and musician Gabriel C. Brown, who jumped from a small propeller-powered craft at an altitude of around 3,500 feet (1,070 meters), around 8,000 feet (2,440 m) from McCarthy's camera. |
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11-15-2025, 12:02 PM
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Re: The Fall of Icarus: Skydiver Aligned with the Fiery Surface of the Sun
Saw this on Reddit. Pretty cool image.  |
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11-15-2025, 11:29 PM
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Re: The Fall of Icarus: Skydiver Aligned with the Fiery Surface of the Sun
I saw that jump and snapped a pic. I only had a cell phone with me. Those photogs with their monstrous lenses have serious anatomy issues.
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11-16-2025, 09:12 PM
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Re: The Fall of Icarus: Skydiver Aligned with the Fiery Surface of the Sun
Reminded me of "Falling Man".
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11-16-2025, 09:59 PM
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Re: The Fall of Icarus: Skydiver Aligned with the Fiery Surface of the Sun
That's a pretty cool shot.
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11-18-2025, 10:05 PM
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Re: The Fall of Icarus: Skydiver Aligned with the Fiery Surface of the Sun
I've got PLENTY of shots like this! I do it the easy way, instead of the way that requires preposterous planning. I just set people on fire, and push them out of the airplane!  |
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11-19-2025, 12:07 AM
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Re: The Fall of Icarus: Skydiver Aligned with the Fiery Surface of the Sun
POST UP, MAN! 
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11-19-2025, 09:36 AM
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Re: The Fall of Icarus: Skydiver Aligned with the Fiery Surface of the Sun
I would, but then I found I had left the lens cap on. SILLY ME! |
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11-19-2025, 06:32 PM
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Re: The Fall of Icarus: Skydiver Aligned with the Fiery Surface of the Sun
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