Lunar Eclipse '08 Take Two

An improved version of my time-lapse movie of the latter part of the lunar eclipse of February 20, 2008. In take two, I have cropped and aligned the frames, so that the moon appears to stand still and fill the frame. This was filmed from Seattle with a Canon EOS 5D, an EF200mm f/2.8L II USM telephoto lens, and a TC-80N3 timer remote control. 192 frames were shot at 30 second intervals.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• moon
• lunar
• eclipse
• february
• 2008
• seattle
• astronomy
• astrophotography
• time-lapse
• canon
• dslr

[janefuzzy988]

Excellant together with the picture. Where u took this picture

[ed119]

Thank you!! I took the pics from Seattle, WA. I set up my gear on a boat dock on the west side of Lake Union.

[ericsapurna]

this has been great!!!! really big and clear...you've got a high tech camera there!!!!thanks for posting!!!!

[ed119]

Thank you!! I had a lot of fun doing this project, and I learned a lot, and I am just delighted that other people are getting some enjoyment out of it...

[atharvaveda87]

i like the song

[ed119]

Thank you! The music is a short section from a tone poem composed by Richard Strauss in 1896, titled Also sprach Zarathustra. I think it was somewhat popular as classical music goes, but it became really famous when Stanley Kubrick used it in the sound track of the movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey.

[MysticQT]

lol perfect song

[marimas616]

does someone know why the moons looks a bright orange. Isn't the Earth in the middle of the moon and the sun. Isn't suppost to look dark all the time? I am so curious why is is that it looks orange?!!!

[marisafranco5]

this is amazing an awesom vid!

[CoZacards]

poop nugget

[Pianoman1770]

lol u know why the the moon turns red? its because light beams from the sun get bent arounds earth's atmosphere causing a red effect on the sun.... anyways thanks for the movie! i saw it the lunar eclipse but from where i was, it barely lookd red at all. I saw it from florida and my mom said that it was completely.. complete (i guess) at 10:01 pm.

:D

[jman1gall1]

man that sucks so bad i wanted to see it bad but the stupid clouds were out and check this out stupid weather ppl the weather guy said it was goin to be a clear night haha yea right i sawa lil bit of the red but the the clouds coverd it back up

[marisafranco5]

i was not really right...its actually cool its my fav.

[lQQkin4Laughz]

no its the sun our moon then us. the moon is rarely in line to be eclipsed by earths shadow. the next one isnt until 2012. try wikiepedia for more details!

[mlizd]

i love how perfectly the music fits.

[jammed87]

excellent well worth the effort much appreciated.

[HicksChik]

Very Cool! I was hoping that Elvis would have popped out of the moon there at the end!!!! Nice footage!