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A Once-in-a-Lifetime Photo Shoot of the Solar Eclipse Over Sulphur Springs, Texas On April 8, 2024, a rare and spectacular event took place in the skies above Sulphur Springs, Texas. Two skilled pilots, Kevin Coleman and Pete McLeod, teamed up with photographers Dustin Snipes and Mason Mashton to capture what they described as a "once-in-a-lifetime" series of photos during the last solar eclipse visible in North America for the next two decades. The result was a breathtaking intersection of celestial and human ingenuity, executed with precision and daring. The challenge was formidable: to capture both planes, the eclipsing sun, and the moon within a single frame. To achieve this, the pilots had to fly in an exceptionally tight formation, maintaining a separation of just four feet at an elevation of 1,500 feet. The entire maneuver had to be perfectly timed to coincide with the four-minute window of totality when the moon fully obscured the sun. Meticulous Planning and Executio