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.
![image showing [OC] I teamed up with a fellow redditor to capture the first photo of a skydiver transiting the sun](cac9b013-0f3f-55e0-b0fd-9e6926f0728b.jpg)
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.