[Leica] Time-lapse of lunar eclipse

[daniel at dlridings.se (Daniel Ridings)]

Thanks!

The way the moon jumped around, not much, but just enough, made me
think of Ed Wood. Don't know why.

I enjoyed it.

Daniel

On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> wrote:
> Just found this, a time-lapse sequence of the entire Winter Solstice lunar
> eclipse from start to finish, as seen from Florida. ?Well worth watching,
> and you don't have to stand out in the cold for hours to see it. ?And the
> rendition of some of the partial phases demonstrates how and why
> automation doesn't always give the best exposure.
>
> <http://laughingsquid.com/winter-solstice-lunar-eclipse-time-lapse/>
>
> Here in Seattle, we had variable high, thin clouds for the first half of
> the eclipse, so we could see the moon some of the time. I saw the first
> little "cookie bite" out of the moon, and also the first few minutes of
> totality--a nice view of the coppery moon with a tiny bit of brightening
> along the edge.
>
> The thin clouds made the moon's features variably fuzzy, it wouldn't have
> made a good picture. And the coppery hue was much more apparent through
> binoculars. Then thicker clouds rolled in, and that was that.
>
> I didn't try to photograph, I just enjoyed the experience.
>
> --Peter
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