Total Lunar Eclipse Winter Solstice Time-lapse Dec. 21, 2010

This was my first time tracking something in space so cut me some slack on the jumpiness. Plus, it was shot on a camera zoomed in 37x not a telescope. It's also the 1st video on the new computer with Windows 7, which I'm still learning.

It was amazing to watch with just binoculars, I can't wait to get my telescope.

The songs are by Incubus and come from the bonus CD that came with their Look Alive DVD. I don't know which company has the copyright, but they didn't put it on the video.

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[cking613]

Best one of the eclipse that I found so far. Thank you for using a TRIPOD! I live in New england, got up at 2:30 and stayed up until 4 but it was too cloudy. It also happened to be my birthday. So thank you for shooting and sharing this!

[AnAverageSkeptic]

@cking613 Glad you like it. Late Happy Bday.

[AnAverageSkeptic]

Glad you all like it. I was freezing, but this will never happen again in our lifetime, so it was well worth it.

[MrDYNAMO14]

How does this happen? is it the earth's shawdow??

[AnAverageSkeptic]

@MrDYNAMO14 Yes, it's basically the moon moving behind us and having the sun in front of us. As the moon orbits us/we rotate it makes the shadow come and go.

[ArielleNaMara]

We didn't get to see last night's Solstice eclipse due to being in the midst of a snowstorm and full cloud cover, so I really appreciate having this chance to have seen it. Would have been even more awesome set to better music..."Dark Side of the Moon" comes to mind, but then you might have had copyright problems, so I just viewed it whilst listening to my CD ;) Thanks for sharing this!

[AnAverageSkeptic]

@ArielleNaMara I'm glad you like it and got to see it. I don't like using well known music because they will and do get you for copyright and can pull the video. They don't always pull it, but it can happen. Also that song is too long for the video.

[noodler99]

I watched this event in Huddersfeild England. Freeezing cold morning -9 clear sky soon forgot about the cold. ONCE IN A LIFE TIME EVENT.

[MegF142857]

Very cool. I tried to take video with my little camera too. I couldn't stop futzing with the manual controls trying to get a better shot. 2 of our next door neighbors came out near totality sparking a small impromptu gathering in the wee hours.

[bigstiggerNo1]

you took all this time in your life to make a video that could have been great.  You must have planned doing it and spent hours out there recording the footage. Only to use a usless camera that displays a usless online video.

[gavalladares]

Thanks for the video. God job. I saw it coming out trough my window on that morning.

[KickYouInTheThroat]

also thanks for the fast upload. i wasnt exactly able to see it because of the overcast.