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   From the «not an iphone» department:   
   Title: How 2025's most famous astrophotograph was shot   
   Author: Abhimanyu Ghoshal   
   Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 10:02:48 +0000   
   Link: https://newatlas.com/photography/andrew-mccarthy-fall-icar   
   s-sun-skydiver/   
      
   [image 1]   
      
   Before you ask: no, it's not AI. What you're looking at above is a skydiver   
   framed by the roiling chromosphere of the Sun, with its arches and loops of   
   plasma glowing brightly. That's the result of weeks of meticulous planning, a   
   whole lot of astrophotography know-how, plenty of math, and patience.   
      
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   Category:Photography[3], Consumer Tech[4], Technology[5]   
      
   Tags:Astrophotography[6], Sun[7], Skydiving[8]   
      
   Links:   
   [1]: https://assets.newatlas.com/dims4/default/1ae0dde/214748364   
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   y/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnewatlas-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7   
   %2Fb3%2Fd0d15fee43b9a0947bf245f1be11%2Fthis-might-well-be-   
   the-first-ever-photo-of-a-human-in-freefall-captured-against-the   
   suns-chromosphere.jpg (image)   
   [2]: https://newatlas.com/photography/andrew-mccarthy-fall-icaru   
   -sun-skydiver/ (link)   
   [3]: https://newatlas.com/photography/ (link)   
   [4]: https://newatlas.com/consumer-tech/ (link)   
   [5]: https://newatlas.com/technology/ (link)   
   [6]: https://newatlas.com/tag/astrophotography/ (link)   
   [7]: https://newatlas.com/tag/sun/ (link)   
   [8]: https://newatlas.com/tag/skydiving/ (link)   
      
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