Shooting the Sun: Andrew McCarthy on Astrophotography, Icarus and the Artemis Moonde
If you've ever seen a photo of the Sun that stopped you in your tracks, there's a very good chance Andrew McCarthy took it. His image of our star is the first thing you see when you open the Shadowmap story, and it's the artwork behind Sunlight Matters itself. So this one is personal.
Andrew is the Arizona-based astrophotographer behind some of the most iconic space images of recent years, including Icarus, his jaw-dropping shot of a skydiver falling in front of the sun, named one of the photos of the year. In this episode, he tells the full story of how it was pulled off: an ultralight…
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