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Uncategorized Tuesday, December 21st 2010 at 9:33 am

Time-Lapse Video of Last Night’s Lunar Eclipse

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Last night presented an ultra-rare treat for astronomy buffs: Not only was there a total lunar eclipse beginning at about 12:30am EST, but the eclipse coincided with the arrival of the winter solstice for the first time in 372 years.

Shooting from Gainesville, Florida, William Castleman created the above time-lapse video of last night’s eclipse, condensing the lunar action from 1:10 AM EST to 5:03 AM EST into 2 minutes.

See also: NASA’s gorgeous photo of the eclipse.

(via Gawker TV)

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  • http://anEclecticMind.com Maria

    Good stuff. I attempted to capture a time-lapse here in Arizona, but thick cloud cover masked the whole thing. Glad someone else had the same idea.

    The music is spooky.

  • Lasha Krikheli

    Felt like I was watching a horror flick. Was expecting wolfs howling any second.

  • Laureneipeters

    That was great video. Best one i’ve seen yet. Spooky music! Yet it was awesome. Great work. You are great at what you guys do!
    Regards,
    super_impressed508

  • Justinjadams

    What was the music?
    Great video

  • http://twitter.com/ludditeandroid RoboPanda

    I actually stayed up late to see this . . . then it was too cloudy to see anything.

  • http://twitter.com/ludditeandroid RoboPanda

    Claude Debussy “Nocturnes — Sirènes” from La Mer

  • http://twitter.com/fluxxdog Michael W. Fender

    I was looking forward to this so much and when the eclipse started, clouds had rolled in to my area, blocking everything. Thanks for making this available.

  • http://twitter.com/Fnnkybutt Fnnkybutt

    Same happened for us – my 13 year old was so disappointed. Thanks a million for this video!

  • http://acroyear70.livejournal.com/ Joe Shelby

    Nocturnes is its own suite, and unrelated to La Mer (though it does show up on a number of releases that also feature La Mer).