Adam Smadi is 20 years old. He lives in Shoreline, Washington.
He loves taking photos of space. On June 1, 2025, he took a very rare photo. It shows a small eclipse on Saturn. This will not happen again until 2038.
Adam planned the photo many days before. He used a computer program called Stellarium. The program told him when Saturn’s biggest moon, Titan, would cross in front of the planet.
At 1 a.m., Adam set up his 9.25-inch telescope outside.
He waited so the telescope could cool to the night air. This keeps the image sharp.
By 3:30 a.m., Saturn was high in the sky. Adam started to take videos through an infrared filter. Later, special software chose the best frames and joined them into one clear photo.
In the final picture, Titan’s round shadow moves across Saturn’s pale surface.
Three other moons also appear. They are Dione, Tethys, and Enceladus. They look like tiny dots beside the bright rings.
Adam posted the picture on Instagram. Many people online praised the clear view and his hard work.