11/4/2004: Time-lapse photo of eclipse of the moon

zippyt · 11-04-2004, 10:34 PM

Way COOL UT !!!!!!!

404Error · 11-05-2004, 08:13 AM

This one was on the Earth Science POtD today. I think the multi-exposure/time lapse photo above is more impressive though.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-05-2004, 06:38 PM

Going into the eclipse the Earths shadow engulfs it from the right. But coming out of the eclipse, the moon reappears at several strange angles, in the pictures.

Cyber Wolf · 11-06-2004, 07:10 AM

I don't think all those moons were photographed at the same location throughout. Otherwise, why would it wane into black, suddenly show up as red, then wax from black again?

404Error · 11-06-2004, 03:04 PM

Here's the caption to the picture from Earth Science POD above:

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The above montage of last week's (October 27) total lunar eclipse was captured from the Observatoire de la Découverte in Quebec, Canada. A coppery or deep red color to the eclipsed lunar disk was revealed as the Earth's shadow crept across the Moon's face. The reddish color results from refracted sunlight streaming around the limb of the Earth. Just as sunrises and sunsets are reddened as the Sun's ray must traverse more of the Earth's atmosphere, the extraneous light reaching the Moon during a total lunar eclipse is reddened as well. Eclipses of the Moon, while just as rare as solar eclipses, are sluggish and sedate affairs by comparison. While they won't knock your socks off, they can still be quite engrossing. Besides, almost everyone on the night side of the Earth can see a lunar eclipse (weather permitting), but only a select few (relatively speaking) are fortuitously positioned to observe a solar eclipse. If you missed this one, the next total lunar eclipse similarly visible across eastern North America won't occur until February 2008!

11-04-2004, 10:34 PM	#1
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11-05-2004, 08:13 AM	#2
404Error Lecturer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: CT USA Posts: 826	This one was on the Earth Science POtD today. I think the multi-exposure/time lapse photo above is more impressive though. Attached Images __________________ "To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave them." ~George Mason~

11-05-2004, 06:38 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Going into the eclipse the Earths shadow engulfs it from the right. But coming out of the eclipse, the moon reappears at several strange angles, in the pictures. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-06-2004, 07:10 AM	#4
Cyber Wolf As stable as a ring of PU-239 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: On a huge rock covered in water, highly advanced moss and 7 billion parasites Posts: 1,264	I don't think all those moons were photographed at the same location throughout. Otherwise, why would it wane into black, suddenly show up as red, then wax from black again? __________________ "I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then getting' upset 'cos they act like people." ~Adam Young, Good Omens "I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out." ~Adam Young, Good Omens

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