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Timelapse Video of the Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse – TalkingScience

Filed Dec 21 2010 in: Science by: DeltaV


Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse from William Castleman on Vimeo.

If it was cloudy where you live last night — or you just slept through the alarm you had set to wake you for the lunar eclipse — this time lapse video will show you what you missed.

These photos of the Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse were taken on December 21, 2010 between 1:10 AM EST (6:10 GMT) and 5:03 AM EST (10:03 GMT) by William Castleman from Gainesville, Florida.

The music is Claude Debussy Nocturnes: Sirènes. Beautiful!

As to why the moon appeared red, Dr. Tony Philips writes on NASA Science News

A quick trip to the Moon provides the answer: Imagine yourself standing on a dusty lunar plain looking up at the sky. Overhead hangs Earth, nightside down, completely hiding the sun behind it. The eclipse is underway. You might expect Earth seen in this way to be utterly dark, but it’s not. The rim of the planet is on fire! As you scan your eye around Earth’s circumference, you’re seeing every sunrise and every sunset in the world, all of them, all at once. This incredible light beams into the heart of Earth’s shadow, filling it with a coppery glow and transforming the Moon into a great red orb.

Listen to Science Friday‘s discussion about the lunar eclipse here. (Audio player on upper left)

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