Solstice Total Lunar Eclipse December 21, 2010

(I see this video is still getting more hits - I should delete it but until then you should check out the improved version here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8BAn_hYBHw .)

A series of still photos and animations of lunar eclipses I took over the years, beginning with the most recent solstice total lunar eclipse on 12/21/10, set to a piece of music I wrote before I ever took my first astronomy photograph.

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Education

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• lunar
• eclipse
• total
• solstice
• animation
• movie
• astronomy
• moon
• stars
• galaxy
• planets
• alignment
• umbra
• penumbra
• shadow
• astrology
• photography
• amateur
• music
• keyboard

[jamescastelli]

@dude999998 Thanks! No, the "instrument" is the EMU Proteus 3000 sound module, which has quite a variety but is now I am sure out of date with that they are making now. But I was going for that more old-school (70's) keyboard sound. The last half minute of the piece is cut off here. I corrected it in an new upload.

[dude999998]

Cool! Sounds like you used a Wurlie and a MiniMoog?

[jamescastelli]

(example: at 5:10 there is supposed to be a still of a small orange moon prior to the zoom-in of it, but there is a long black portion instead.)

[jamescastelli]

Note: There is a video embedded in the video with a different aspect ration, which youtube cropped on the top and bottom.

Otherwise, there are somehow a couple images missing which are nonetheless in the quicktime movie I uploaded, which is 5:30 whereas this is only 5:08, so some of the musical cues are not in sync. Not sure why this is, as this is by far my fanciest (if clumsy) animation, and the first to include sound. I tried to upload again, but it was rejected as the same video...