{"id":183379,"date":"2025-11-16T08:54:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T08:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/183379\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T08:54:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T08:54:10","slug":"astrophotographer-captures-surreal-fall-of-icarus-shot-of-man-falling-before-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/183379\/","title":{"rendered":"Astrophotographer Captures Surreal \u2018Fall of Icarus\u2019 Shot of Man Falling Before the Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

A stunning, otherworldly photograph is leaving people across the internet in awe. Called \u201cThe Fall of Icarus,\u201d the viral image captures a skydiver seemingly plunging across the Sun\u2019s blazing surface. The shot was taken by US-based photographer Andrew McCarthy in an Arizona desert on November 8, as musician and skydiver Gabriel Brown leapt from a small propeller aircraft at about 3,500 feet, roughly 8,000 feet away from McCarthy\u2019s camera.<\/p>\n

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