Guy with a camera on a plane

An amazing photo that reminds me of a unified moment. Plus an apartment listing (of all things). And 7 other things worth your time.

This is probably one of my favorite photographs in the world.

(If you haven’t enabled images, you’re missing out.)

The photographer’s name is Jon Carmichael. He took it from a Southwest Airlines flight from Portland to St. Louis on August 21, 2017.

That was the date of the Great American Eclipse.

(Here’s his website, where you can buy a print of the photo. I have one.)

I think I love the story behind the photo even more. Carmichael is a professional photographer who has done a lot of work for clients like Twitter (which is how I first learned about the eclipse photo).

He’s also a self-described “big space nerd,” who had been looking forward to the eclipse since seventh grade. (He’s 33 now.)

Not being made of money, he scoured commercial flight schedules to figure out which domestic flight might give him the best shot.

That’s what led him to travel from New York to Portland in 2017, simply to turn around and fly back east toward St. Louis aboard flight #1368 — armed with his cameras and $60…