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Inside Red Bull’s High-Flying Eclipse Photo, Nine Months in the Making

Inside Red Bull’s High-Flying Eclipse Photo, Nine Months in the Making

A small aircraft with a smoke trail flies in front of a solar eclipse, positioned above a red Red Bull branded pylon on a dark horizon.

In an exclusive interview with PetaPixel, photographer Noah Wetzel details how he and Red Bull Air Force athlete Mike Brewer spent nine months preparing to photograph a wingsuit flight through a total solar eclipse. The final image was captured in Spain during just 84 seconds of totality, with Wetzel working from nearly a mile away and relying on a Canon EOS R5 II, a 600mm lens, remotely triggered flashes, and calculations that left almost no room for error to capture a once-in-a-lifetime …

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