Entire Lunar Eclipse Time Lapse 8-28-07

Answers to some questions:

1. The moon turns red because, during an eclipse, the Earth blocks the direct light from the sun, but like a prism, the Earth's atmosphere allows the red wavelength of the Sun's light to bend around the Earth and strike the Moon.

2. The Moon momentarily turns dark as it goes into and out of the eclipse because of the way cameras take pictures. During an eclipse the entire Moon is completely visible to the naked eye the entire time. But, to the camera, when the Moon has sunlight striking it, this part of the Moon is so bright to the camera that the part in the shadow is washed out and appears black on film.

3. The stars are visible when the Moon is at full eclipse and not visible when the sunlight is striking the Moon for the same reason as in answer #2.

The song "Moonlight Sonata" was purchased through the royalty free music sight AllMusicLibrary.

What a beautiful night for a full moon/eclipse. Long Beach, Calif. was clear as a bell all night making it a great night for taking pictures. I had never taken pictures of an eclipse so it was definitely an experiment but I'm extremely happy with the end result. It was worth an entire night without sleep. Thank you Mt. Dew.

This was made with a Canon EOS Rebel SLR camera with a 300 mm zoom lense. I took a picture every 20 seconds from 12:53 am pdt to 6:21 am pdt. The ISO was 1600 with f6.3. The shutter speed started at 1/4000 at the full moon. It was progressively increased to 1 second per picture at total eclipse and then reversed back as the moon became full again.

A funny note is that when the moon starts to come out from the Earth's shadow, the video gets a little blurry for a few seconds. That's because the lense filter started to fog up with the morning dew so I had to continually remove and wipe it off the remainder of the night to keep it clear.

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Film & Animation

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• lunar
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• summer
• aug
• august
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• 2007

[andrewthehedgehog911]

pause at 1:11. it looks like a face :D

but why does the moon turn red ??

[MentalLapse]

Andy, many people have had the same question so I listed a brief answer in the "sidebar". Hope it answers your question :)

[pooldar]

i come for the music, i stay for the sights

[TheCodyx7]

@SupremeAmerican oh

[SupremeAmerican]

@TheCodyx7 started happening about an hour ago, gonna be happenning for the next several. First time in 300+ years we have a lunar eclipse on a solstice :)

[TheCodyx7]

@SupremeAmerican when tonight

[SupremeAmerican]

@TheCodyx7 it's tonight my friend :D

[TheCodyx7]

there was one last night well dont knw if it was or not but it was red like that

[Jabbawockeez3451]

@andrewthehedgehog911 :I know it why it turn red first it turns dark then the sun reflect his shine on the moon and it turns red because the sun's color is kinda red,ok dont you got it

[xxmrcashewxx]

that is buetiful

[peaceoutemogirl]

it stats getting lighter at 1:24 it looks cool and butieful

[xclusive1287]

the bible says a thousand years is one day for the lord