Astrophotographer captures once-in-a-lifetime photobombing image

Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has captured a truly once-in-a-lifetime image that’s redefining “photobomb.”

In a remarkable display of meticulous planning and timing, McCarthy photographed his friend skydiving right across the face of the Sun, a feat never before captured on camera.

Using a specialised solar telescope equipped to capture the Sun in hydrogen-alpha light, which highlights the solar atmosphere's fine details, McCarthy recorded not just the moment of the jump but also the intricate textures and activity on the Sun’s surface.

The hydrogen-alpha wavelength allowed him to resolve the Sun’s chromosphere, where swirling plasma and solar prominences dance in fiery orange and red hues.

“This might be the first photo of its kind in existence,” said McCarthy, who has a long hist