The Daily Populous Friday November 14th, 2025 evening edition
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one_pound_of_flesh on November 13rd, 2025 at 19:02 UTC »

That goes hard. Should be an album cover

Nervous_Ad_918 on November 13rd, 2025 at 19:07 UTC »

How does the focusing work on this photo, the zoom of the sun and sizing of the skydiver?

ajamesmccarthy on November 13rd, 2025 at 19:18 UTC »

I still can't believe we pulled this off! To get this, my friend Gabe in the shot hitched a ride on a paramotor which was carefully coordinated to align with a particular interesting active region, the one that produced all the aurora we saw recently. When the time was right, I had him jump while the pilot flew out of frame, leaving us with this surreal composition. This is just a crop, the full image shows how small he looks compared to the sun despite being 40,000,000x closer!

The shot was captured using telescopes modified to see the solar chromosphere and a camera designed for astrophotography.