{"id":18831,"date":"2017-08-28T21:40:17","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T13:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/eclipse-journal-too-good-to-be-true-mystery-of-the-plane-and-the-corona-solved\/"},"modified":"2017-08-28T21:40:17","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T13:40:17","slug":"eclipse-journal-too-good-to-be-true-mystery-of-the-plane-and-the-corona-solved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/eclipse-journal-too-good-to-be-true-mystery-of-the-plane-and-the-corona-solved\/","title":{"rendered":"Eclipse Journal: Too good to be true? Mystery of the plane and the corona solved"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_357609\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-357609\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-357609\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170823-eclipse-plane1-630x532.jpg\" alt=\"Eclipse plane picture\" width=\"630\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170823-eclipse-plane1-630x532.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170823-eclipse-plane1.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-357609\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The sun\u2019s corona silhouettes an airplane during the total solar eclipse. (Dustin Huntington Photo via SpaceWeather.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>GeekWire reporters and correspondents are documenting the 2017 solar eclipse from the Pacific Northwest, including our home base in Seattle and locations in the \u201cPath of Totality\u201d in Oregon. Follow our eclipse adventures in this running live blog, and check out the headlines below to keep up with our coverage.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t panic, but be ready: Last-minute guide to the all-American solar eclipse<\/li>\n<li>As eclipse nears, astronomers issue warning about fake solar glasses<\/li>\n<li>Here comes the sun\u2019s corona: What eclipse chasers will see during totality<\/li>\n<li>All along \u2018zone of totality,\u2019 small towns make big bets to cash in on darkness<\/li>\n<li>Oregon\u2019s prime eclipse zone braces for the agony and the ecstasy of totality<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/5653014\/height\/90\/width\/630\/theme\/custom\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/autoplay\/no\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/be4825\/\" width=\"630\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><button disabled=\"\" class=\"liveblog-btn liveblog-pagination-btn liveblog-pagination-first liveblog-btn--hide\">First<\/button><button disabled=\"\" class=\"liveblog-btn liveblog-pagination-btn liveblog-pagination-prev liveblog-btn--hide\">Prev<\/button><span class=\"liveblog-pagination-pages\">1 of 5<\/span><button class=\"liveblog-btn liveblog-pagination-btn liveblog-pagination-next false\">Next<\/button><button class=\"liveblog-btn liveblog-pagination-btn liveblog-pagination-last false\">Last<\/button><span>9 years ago<\/span><span>08\/28\/2017<\/span><\/p>\n<header class=\"liveblog-meta-authors\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/68f232dd0c9af1c24f7396645bac8c7270926c3849df7150c4ba5f3fc889afca?s=30&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/68f232dd0c9af1c24f7396645bac8c7270926c3849df7150c4ba5f3fc889afca?s=60&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-30 photo\" height=\"30\" width=\"30\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><span class=\"liveblog-meta-author-name\">Alan Boyle<\/span><\/header>\n<p>There are lots of pictures out there showing the blacked-out sun during the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse. There\u2019s even a picture of the International Space Station silhouetted by the partially eclipsed solar disk.<\/p>\n<p>But how many pictures catch an airplane flying directly in front of the sun\u2019s corona during totality?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170823-eclipse-plane1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Photographer Dustin Huntington posted just such a picture to SpaceWeather.com\u2019s eclipse gallery, and it looked so good that at least one person was sure it was fake:<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=b0yle&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=900272880205807617&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com%2F2017%2Feclipse-journal-dispatches-path-totality%2F&amp;sessionId=abc8f0e08634fd6ef9cd89a70bcb5edb0c8486e3&amp;siteScreenName=geekwire&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"900272880205807617\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782802186441241237=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stop flooding people with fake photoshopped pictures ! pic.twitter.com\/LhV77HXvdw<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tristan (@dodubassman) August 23, 2017<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Since I retweeted a link to the picture, I felt duty-bound to find out whether this really was a case of Photoshop fakery. The fact that Huntington is a respectable nature photographer made the job easier.<\/p>\n<p>After mistakenly bothering the <i>other<\/i> well-known photographer named Dustin Huntington (who shoots celebrity pictures), I asked for and received further details about the plane-in-the-eclipse pic, shot from Guernsey State Park in Wyoming.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what Huntington told me in an email:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe picture is not fake. I got off 4 frames of the plane and I can send the raw files if you like. I also was shooting video, which shows the same plane fly through. It flew in very near the end of totality. I was shooting with the Sony A9 which shoots at 12 fps and expecting the \u201cdiamond ring\u201d at any moment, so I just had it shooting away at full speed. Unexpectedly the plane flew in for a moment. A few people nearby said \u201cwas that a bird?\u201d It was gone in a flash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt first I thought it must be one of the NASA planes, but I have not been able to find any indication that they were flying in Wyoming, and the shape does not look right for the ones they were flying in the east. I did find this Wired article on people using private jets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeems like an odd way to go, since you can\u2019t see up in normal jet, but who knows? Perhaps there were other non-NASA research flights, but I have not been able to find anything flying in central Wyoming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyway, the photo is genuine, but I have no idea what the plane is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The explanation was convincing enough that even the Twitter skeptic joined the quest to figure out what kind of plane it was. But the solution came from another sleuth, Josh Spradling, who took an almost identical picture at the same time at Glendo State Park in Wyoming:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/JLSpradling\/status\/900771460913872901<\/p>\n<p>Spradling checked the timing against flight-tracking databases, and determined that the plane was a Boeing 737 \u2014 specifically, WestJet Flight 1582, which was flying over Wyoming on its way from Calgary to Dallas when the eclipse took place.<\/p>\n<p>The key piece of evidence comes in the form of a map added to Spradling\u2019s original Facebook post. \u201cI believe I\u2019ve found the flight. \u2026 The green dot was where I was located,\u201d he wrote:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170828-map.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an amazing feat of detective work \u2014 so amazing that even WestJet was impressed:<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=b0yle&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=902396828888567808&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com%2F2017%2Feclipse-journal-dispatches-path-totality%2F&amp;sessionId=abc8f0e08634fd6ef9cd89a70bcb5edb0c8486e3&amp;siteScreenName=geekwire&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"902396828888567808\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782802186441241237=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wow!  Great capture!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WestJet (@WestJet) August 29, 2017<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i>Hat tip to @rainmaker1973, @dodubassman and, of course, Dustin Huntington and @JLSpradling.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span>9 years ago<\/span><span>08\/28\/2017<\/span><\/p>\n<header class=\"liveblog-meta-authors\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/68f232dd0c9af1c24f7396645bac8c7270926c3849df7150c4ba5f3fc889afca?s=30&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/68f232dd0c9af1c24f7396645bac8c7270926c3849df7150c4ba5f3fc889afca?s=60&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-30 photo\" height=\"30\" width=\"30\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><span class=\"liveblog-meta-author-name\">Alan Boyle<\/span><\/header>\n<p>There are lots of pictures out there showing the blacked-out sun during the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse. There\u2019s even a picture of the International Space Station silhouetted by the partially eclipsed solar disk.<\/p>\n<p>But how many pictures catch an airplane flying directly in front of the sun\u2019s corona during totality?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170823-eclipse-plane1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Photographer Dustin Huntington posted just such a picture to SpaceWeather.com\u2019s eclipse gallery, and it looked so good that at least one person was sure it was fake:<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=b0yle&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=900272880205807617&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com%2F2017%2Feclipse-journal-dispatches-path-totality%2F&amp;sessionId=abc8f0e08634fd6ef9cd89a70bcb5edb0c8486e3&amp;siteScreenName=geekwire&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"900272880205807617\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782802186441241237=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stop flooding people with fake photoshopped pictures ! pic.twitter.com\/LhV77HXvdw<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tristan (@dodubassman) August 23, 2017<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Since I retweeted a link to the picture, I felt duty-bound to find out whether this really was a case of Photoshop fakery. The fact that Huntington is a respectable nature photographer made the job easier.<\/p>\n<p>After mistakenly bothering the <i>other<\/i> well-known photographer named Dustin Huntington (who shoots celebrity pictures), I asked for and received further details about the plane-in-the-eclipse pic, shot from Guernsey State Park in Wyoming.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what Huntington told me in an email:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe picture is not fake. I got off 4 frames of the plane and I can send the raw files if you like. I also was shooting video, which shows the same plane fly through. It flew in very near the end of totality. I was shooting with the Sony A9 which shoots at 12 fps and expecting the \u201cdiamond ring\u201d at any moment, so I just had it shooting away at full speed. Unexpectedly the plane flew in for a moment. A few people nearby said \u201cwas that a bird?\u201d It was gone in a flash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt first I thought it must be one of the NASA planes, but I have not been able to find any indication that they were flying in Wyoming, and the shape does not look right for the ones they were flying in the east. I did find this Wired article on people using private jets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeems like an odd way to go, since you can\u2019t see up in normal jet, but who knows? Perhaps there were other non-NASA research flights, but I have not been able to find anything flying in central Wyoming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyway, the photo is genuine, but I have no idea what the plane is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The explanation was convincing enough that even the Twitter skeptic joined the quest to figure out what kind of plane it was. But the solution came from another sleuth, Josh Spradling, who took an almost identical picture at the same time at Glendo State Park in Wyoming:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/JLSpradling\/status\/900771460913872901<\/p>\n<p>Spradling checked the timing against flight-tracking databases, and determined that the plane was a Boeing 737 \u2014 specifically, WestJet Flight 1582, which was flying over Wyoming on its way from Calgary to Dallas when the eclipse took place.<\/p>\n<p>He laid out his case in a map added to his original Facebook post. \u201c<span>I believe I\u2019ve found the flight. \u2026 The green dot was where I was located,\u201d he wrote:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170828-map.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an amazing feat of detective work \u2014 so amazing that even WestJet was impressed:<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-3\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=b0yle&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-3&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=902396828888567808&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com%2F2017%2Feclipse-journal-dispatches-path-totality%2F&amp;sessionId=abc8f0e08634fd6ef9cd89a70bcb5edb0c8486e3&amp;siteScreenName=geekwire&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"902396828888567808\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782802186441241237=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wow!  Great capture!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WestJet (@WestJet) August 29, 2017<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i>Hat tip to @rainmaker1973, @dodubassman and, of course, Dustin Huntington and @JLSpradling.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span>9 years ago<\/span><span>08\/28\/2017<\/span><\/p>\n<header class=\"liveblog-meta-authors\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/68f232dd0c9af1c24f7396645bac8c7270926c3849df7150c4ba5f3fc889afca?s=30&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/68f232dd0c9af1c24f7396645bac8c7270926c3849df7150c4ba5f3fc889afca?s=60&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-30 photo\" height=\"30\" width=\"30\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><span class=\"liveblog-meta-author-name\">Alan Boyle<\/span><\/header>\n<p>There are lots of pictures out there showing the blacked-out sun during the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse. There\u2019s even a picture of the International Space Station silhouetted by the partially eclipsed solar disk.<\/p>\n<p>But how many pictures catch an airplane flying directly in front of the sun\u2019s corona during totality?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170823-eclipse-plane1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Photographer Dustin Huntington posted just such a picture to SpaceWeather.com\u2019s eclipse gallery, and it looked so good that at least one person was sure it was fake:<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-4\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=b0yle&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-4&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=900272880205807617&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com%2F2017%2Feclipse-journal-dispatches-path-totality%2F&amp;sessionId=abc8f0e08634fd6ef9cd89a70bcb5edb0c8486e3&amp;siteScreenName=geekwire&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"900272880205807617\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782802186441241237=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stop flooding people with fake photoshopped pictures ! pic.twitter.com\/LhV77HXvdw<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tristan (@dodubassman) August 23, 2017<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Since I retweeted a link to the picture, I felt duty-bound to find out whether this really was a case of Photoshop fakery. The fact that Huntington is a respectable nature photographer made the job easier.<\/p>\n<p>After mistakenly bothering the <i>other<\/i> well-known photographer named Dustin Huntington (who shoots celebrity pictures), I asked for and received further details about the plane-in-the-eclipse pic, shot from Guernsey State Park in Wyoming.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what Huntington told me in an email:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe picture is not fake. I got off 4 frames of the plane and I can send the raw files if you like. I also was shooting video, which shows the same plane fly through. It flew in very near the end of totality. I was shooting with the Sony A9 which shoots at 12 fps and expecting the \u201cdiamond ring\u201d at any moment, so I just had it shooting away at full speed. Unexpectedly the plane flew in for a moment. A few people nearby said \u201cwas that a bird?\u201d It was gone in a flash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt first I thought it must be one of the NASA planes, but I have not been able to find any indication that they were flying in Wyoming, and the shape does not look right for the ones they were flying in the east. I did find this Wired article on people using private jets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeems like an odd way to go, since you can\u2019t see up in normal jet, but who knows? Perhaps there were other non-NASA research flights, but I have not been able to find anything flying in central Wyoming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyway, the photo is genuine, but I have no idea what the plane is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The explanation was convincing enough that even the Twitter skeptic joined the quest to figure out what kind of plane it was. But the solution came from another sleuth, Josh Spradling, who took an almost identical picture at the same time at Glendo State Park in Wyoming:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/JLSpradling\/status\/900771460913872901<\/p>\n<p>Spradling checked the timing against flight-tracking databases, and determined that the plane was a Boeing 737 \u2014 specifically, WestJet Flight 1582, which was flying over Wyoming on its way from Calgary to Dallas when the eclipse took place.<\/p>\n<p>He laid out his case in a map added to his original Facebook post. \u201c<span>I believe I\u2019ve found the flight. \u2026 The green dot was where I was located,\u201d he wrote:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170828-map.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an amazing feat of detective work \u2014 so amazing that even WestJet was impressed:<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-5\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=b0yle&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-5&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=902396828888567808&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com%2F2017%2Feclipse-journal-dispatches-path-totality%2F&amp;sessionId=abc8f0e08634fd6ef9cd89a70bcb5edb0c8486e3&amp;siteScreenName=geekwire&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"902396828888567808\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782802186441241237=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wow!  Great capture!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WestJet (@WestJet) August 29, 2017<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i>Hat tip to @rainmaker1973, @dodubassman and, of course, Dustin Huntington and @JLSpradling.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span>9 years ago<\/span><span>08\/28\/2017<\/span><\/p>\n<header class=\"liveblog-meta-authors\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/68f232dd0c9af1c24f7396645bac8c7270926c3849df7150c4ba5f3fc889afca?s=30&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/68f232dd0c9af1c24f7396645bac8c7270926c3849df7150c4ba5f3fc889afca?s=60&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-30 photo\" height=\"30\" width=\"30\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><span class=\"liveblog-meta-author-name\">Alan Boyle<\/span><\/header>\n<p>There are lots of pictures out there showing the blacked-out sun during the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse. There\u2019s even a picture of the International Space Station silhouetted by the partially eclipsed solar disk.<\/p>\n<p>But how many pictures catch an airplane flying directly in front of the sun\u2019s corona during totality?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/170823-eclipse-plane1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Photographer Dustin Huntington posted just such a picture to SpaceWeather.com\u2019s eclipse gallery, and it looked so good that at least one person was sure it was fake:<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-6\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=b0yle&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-6&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=900272880205807617&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com%2F2017%2Feclipse-journal-dispatches-path-totality%2F&amp;sessionId=abc8f0e08634fd6ef9cd89a70bcb5edb0c8486e3&amp;siteScreenName=geekwire&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"900272880205807617\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782802186441241237=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stop flooding people with fake photoshopped pictures ! pic.twitter.com\/LhV77HXvdw<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tristan (@dodubassman) August 23, 2017<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Since I retweeted a link to the picture, I felt duty-bound to find out whether this really was a case of Photoshop fakery. The fact that Huntington is a respectable nature photographer made the job easier.<\/p>\n<p>After mistakenly bothering the <i>other<\/i> well-known photographer named Dustin Huntington (who shoots celebrity pictures), I asked for and received further details about the plane-in-the-eclipse pic, shot from Guernsey State Park in Wyoming.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what Huntington told me in an email:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe picture is not fake. I got off 4 frames of the plane and I can send the raw files if you like. I also was shooting video, which shows the same plane fly through. It flew in very near the end of totality. I was shooting with the Sony A9 which shoots at 12 fps and expecting the \u201cdiamond ring\u201d at any moment, so I just had it shooting away at full speed. Unexpectedly the plane flew in for a moment. A few people nearby said \u201cwas that a bird?\u201d It was gone in a flash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt first I thought it must be one of the NASA planes, but I have not been able to find any indication that they were flying in Wyoming, and the shape does not look right for the ones they were flying in the east. I did find this Wired article on people using private jets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeems like an odd way to go, since you can\u2019t see up in normal jet, but who knows? Perhaps there were other non-NASA research flights, but I have not been able to find anything flying in central Wyoming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyway, the photo is genuine, but I have no idea what the plane is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The explanation was convincing enough that even the Twitter skeptic joined the quest to figure out what kind of plane it was. But the solution came from another sleuth, Josh Spradling, who took an almost identical picture at the same time at Glendo State Park in Wyoming:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/JLSpradling\/status\/900771460913872901<\/p>\n<p>Spradling checked the timing against flight-tracking databases, and determined that the plane was a Boeing 737 \u2014 specifically, WestJet Flight 1582, which was flying over Wyoming on its way from Calgary to Dallas when the eclipse took place.<\/p>\n<p>He laid out his case in a comment added to his original Facebook post:<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an amazing feat of detective work \u2014 so amazing that even WestJet was impressed:<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-7\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=b0yle&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-7&amp;features=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\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sun\u2019s corona silhouettes an airplane during the total solar eclipse. (Dustin Huntington Photo via SpaceWeather.com) GeekWire reporters and correspondents are documenting the 2017 solar eclipse from the Pacific Northwest, including our home base in Seattle and locations in the \u201cPath of Totality\u201d in Oregon. 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