2010 Total Eclipse Time-Lapse.mov

A time-lapse video of the July 11, 2010 total eclipse of the Sun. This was taken from Hikueru atoll in the Tuamotu archipelago of French Polynesia, east of Tahiti. It was taken with an 8mm fish eye lens and Canon 5D MkII camera to take in the entire sky, horizon to horizon and 360°. Unfortunately, clouds moved in to cover the Sun at totality -- the Sun is at the bottom of the frame in the northeast. However, you can see the dark lunar shadow, the umbra, sweep in from the left (west) and the sudden onset of darkness. Then the sky brightens at left and the shadow edge sweeps across from right to left (west to east) as the sky brightens. Frames were taken at 1 second intervals, except during totality when the darker lighting forced the camera to take take longer 1 to 2 second exposures, decreasing the cadence of images and making the clouds appear to speed up in the final time-lapse movie. © 2010 Alan Dyer

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• July
• 11
• 2010
• Total
• Solar
• Eclipse;
• Tahiti;
• Hikueru;
• time-lapse;
• astrophotography;
• astronomy

[stevenjackson1958]

It is neat how the sky gets noticeably darker at Totality.

[mbofny]

Pretty cool!