Joshua Cripps' recent "Ring Of Fire" eclipse shot in the Dubai Desert is an outstanding shot that required precise time, location and specific climate conditions.

A photograph of the solar eclipse in the Dubai Desert has recently been going viral. The man behind the photograph, Joshua Cripps, was going to a photography conference when he got a tip from a friend about an upcoming solar eclipse, which Cripps just couldn't miss:

"To be honest, it happened almost by chance," explained Cripps. "I was already planning a trip on board the Nomad Cruise—a conference at sea for digital nomads—which started in Athens and ended in Dubai in early December 2019."

Cripps continued: "A friend of mine runs the PhotoPills app that helps photographers plan shots and so he always knows when and where the next eclipses, meteor showers, Milky Way, and all that stuff will be, so he told me, 'You know, there's going to be an annular eclipse right near Dubai the day after Christmas.' It was then I decided to stick around in the United Arab Emirates to photograph the eclipse."

The stunning photo of a farmer with his camel lit by the annual solar eclipse in Dubai is going viral. Joshua Cripps, the man behind the photo, explains that it needed crazy amounts of planning. The timing, positioning, angles, composition & models had to be carefully planned to a T. Image credits: Joshua Cripps