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In November 2025 in Arizona, astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy captured “The Fall of Icarus,” a precise photo showing skydiver Gabriel C. Brown silhouette-framed against the sun’s chromosphere. Requiring months of planning, a jump from 1,070 meters, six plane passes for alignment, and a specialized hydrogen-alpha telescope 2.4 kilometers away, McCarthy had just one brief window for the shot\u2014which looked so convincingly surreal that he had to share proof to dispel widespread claims it was generated by AI…..\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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