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Time Lapse of Lunar Eclipse
Posted by
michael
on Sun Oct 31, 2004 05:00 AM
from the shadows-linger dept.
from the shadows-linger dept.
MufasaZX writes "Start with a relatively rare occurrence, the complete lunar eclipse from last Wednesday. Next add the amazingly rare, a perfectly clear fog free night in San Francisco, as viewed from the cliffs overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge. Then I set up my trusty Sony MiniDV camcorder and wide angle lens on a tripod and proceeded to freeze my butt off for 2 hours. Dump the video into Premier, accelerate it 200x to just 37 seconds, and the resulting video is IMHO simply stunning. Until my web server gets crushed you can download it here, but after that please use your Gnutella client of choice and search for LunarEclipse-10-2004.wmv."
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cross-platform, please? (Score:5, Insightful)
Bert
Re:cross-platform, please? (Score:3, Insightful)
It's amazing how similar trying to view videos from a Windows system is to trying to view Word documents... you'd think it was the same monopoly trying to break standards in yet another field... oh wait...
BitTorrent? (Score:4)
Re:BitTorrent? (Score:5, Informative)
tracker at (until it starts smoking) http://66.38.8.41:6969
ED2K:
ed2k://|file|Lunar
ed2k://|file
ed2k://|file|Luna
ed2k://|file|Luna
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Re:bittorrent or edonkey? (Score:4, Informative)
Linked for the confused.
http://66.38.8.41:6969/torrents/LunarEclipse-10-2
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Slow (Score:3, Funny)
People People... Coral Cache to the rescue. (Score:4, Informative)
Coral p2p cached version here [nyud.net]
Re:People People... Coral Cache to the rescue. (Score:3, Informative)
magnet:?xt=urn:bitprint:V2N3APWWYTW36GG5ERDTQC24R D WXLI4F.LMAMHDQEYZ43V3PXC23UJTWAQ4FIRN7COL2VFHA&dn= LunarEclipse-10-2004.wmv&xs=http%3A//24.85.233.123 %3A6346/uri-res/N2R%3Furn%3Abitprint%3AV2N3APWWYTW 36GG5ERDTQC24RDWXLI4F.LMAMHDQEYZ43V3PXC23UJTWAQ4FI RN7COL2VFHA [magnet]
Edonkey 2000:
ed2k://|file|LunarEclipse-10-2004.wmv|4731422|1840 7e7807f0f841ff0e6be84a397416|/ [ed2k]
Re:People People... Coral Cache to the rescue. (Score:3, Interesting)
Is it meant to be a serious caching service? Or are we just slashdotting some poor moron's dsl line here?
wmv (Score:4, Funny)
Re:wmv (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:wmv (Score:3, Informative)
Yeh? Care to tell my copy of VLC where the -ing hell it is?
main: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `WMV3'.
VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.
(and WM Player on my Mac dropped all but about 12 random frames... yeh, it's only a G4/466 but sheesh, it plays DVDs full screen without complaining...)
Re:wmv (Score:4, Insightful)
It never ceases to amaze me how many ppl post videos encoded with this codec, because there are so many ppl out there that have absolutely NO way to view it.
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WMV alternative? (Score:3, Informative)
To all those complaining about speed (Score:3, Insightful)
You've got other things to do than read Slashdot... Right? *cough cough*
The moon is a myth! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The moon is a myth! (Score:3, Funny)
Whoever modded this "interesting" I want you in my office NOW!
Coral isn't even working, nor mirrordot! (Score:4, Informative)
Then again, neither coral nor mirrordot has the movie, so maybe the editors know what they are doing!
Dare I say it... there's a mirror here... (Score:5, Informative)
I'll be taking the file down at the end of the day becuase it's a server at work and i'll need the bandwidth back tomorrow ;o)
Good luck!
Rich
Re:Dare I say it... there's a mirror here... (Score:3, Informative)
Torrent (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Torrent (Score:3, Informative)
LunarEclipse-10-2004.wmv [tornado.ktu.lt]
Hmm not that impressive. (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Hmm not that impressive. (Score:5, Interesting)
http://www.deviantart.com/view/11794545/ [deviantart.com]
Set the camera up on a tripod and let it do all the work.
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Re:Hmm not that impressive. (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Hmm not that impressive. (Score:3, Insightful)
Here's a torrent (Score:4, Informative)
I hope it gets seeded soon, I'm not sure how long I can keep my copy open.
Re:Here's a torrent (Score:3, Insightful)
Captured in a single image... (Score:5, Interesting)
Lunar Eclipse caught in a single image [digitalastro.net]
( Thanks to cozzy for the URL )
Re:Captured in a single image... (Score:4, Interesting)
This http://www.deviantart.com/view/11794545/ [deviantart.com] (As I've pimped in another post) is what I was able to take from my balcony in Ottawa.
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Re:Captured in a single image... (Score:5, Interesting)
Moon 1 [earthlink.net]
Moon 2 [earthlink.net]
Moon 3 (my personal favorite) [earthlink.net]
Moon 4 [earthlink.net]
Moon 5 [earthlink.net]
Moon 6 [earthlink.net]
Moon 7 [earthlink.net]
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Waste of time (Score:3, Insightful)
in case you can't get the vid (Score:5, Funny)
Good concept! (Score:3, Insightful)
Another timelapse of the same eclipse, from 2400 miles WSW of San Francisco, is at http://www.astroday.net/LunarEclipse.html [astroday.net] in QuickTime format... I hope my friend doesn't mind the slashdotting. Still not much in the way of telephoto or zoom, but nifty cloud patterns and stuff.
Even rarer... (Score:4, Funny)
Even rarer...the Boston Red Sox won the World Series!
(Does anyone have a BitTorrent of THAT?!?)
The moon, eh? :-) (Score:5, Funny)
It amazes me that so many allegedly "educated" people have fallen so quickly and so hard for a fraudulent fabrication of such laughable proportions. The very idea that a gigantic ball of rock happens to orbit our planet, showing itself in neat, four-week cycles -- with the same side facing us all the time -- is ludicrous. Furthermore, it is an insult to common sense and a damnable affront to intellectual honesty and integrity. That people actually believe it is evidence that the liberals have wrested the last vestiges of control of our public school system from decent, God-fearing Americans (as if any further evidence was needed! Daddy's Roommate? God Almighty!)
Documentaries such as Enemy of the State have accurately portrayed the elaborate, byzantine network of surveillance satellites that the liberals have sent into space to spy on law-abiding Americans. Equipped with technology developed by Handgun Control, Inc., these satellites have the ability to detect firearms from hundreds of kilometers up. That's right, neighbors
Of course, this all works fine during the day, but what about at night? Even the liberals can't control the rotation of the Earth to prevent nightfall from setting in (only Joshua was able to ask for that particular favor!) That's where the "moon" comes in. Powered by nuclear reactors, the "moon" is nothing more than an enormous balloon, emitting trillions of candlepower of gun-revealing light. Piloted by key members of the liberal community, the "moon" is strategically moved across the country, pointing out those who dare to make use of their God-given rights at night!
Yes, I know this probably sounds paranoid and preposterous, but consider this. Despite what the revisionist historians tell you, there is no mention of the "moon" anywhere in literature or historical documents -- anywhere -- before 1950. That is when it was initially launched. When President Josef Kennedy, at the State of the Union address, proclaimed "We choose to go to the moon", he may as well have said "We choose to go to the weather balloon." The subsequent faking of a "moon" landing on national TV was the first step in a long history of the erosion of our constitutional rights by leftists in this country. No longer can we hide from our government when the sun goes down.
Re:The moon, eh? :-) (Score:3, Funny)
"Even the liberals can't control the rotation of the Earth to prevent nightfall from setting in (only Joshua was able to ask for that particular favor!) "
Let's count the errors, shall we?
Interesting, but not great. *Here* is great. (Score:5, Interesting)
And this timelapse video [lacquersound.com] shows what can be done in that arena.
Wide angle lens? (Score:3, Interesting)
I've seen the movie, and the other comments are correct - it's just a dot that appears and fades away.
It would have been much better if he'd used a zoom lens, unless I'm missing something?
Re:Wide angle lens? (Score:5, Insightful)
While I agree that the movie could have been better, there is a simple explanation for the lens used (apart from the fact that it may have been the only one available): using a zoom lens would require you to move the camera. While this is a burden to do at night (instead of just letting the camera run on its own), it would also be far from trivial to follow a smooth curve, especially when you don't know exactly where the moon is going. In other words, a zoom lens would have resulted in a very sharp, but very shaky movie. The guy gave it a good shot, next time may be better...
Z
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Some "GOOD" Eclipse pictures ... (Score:3, Interesting)
And the Hulkster's personal favorite is when he takes a "bite outa the moon" in these lunar eclipse pictures [komar.org]
My contribution to the movies (Score:3, Interesting)
Here's a short video of my result - it's not as smooth as the original poster's, but it shows the moon a bit better - however please don't expect miracles:
90KB, 572x600, DivX, a few seconds long. [farclip.com]
eclipse through a telescope (Score:3, Interesting)
I've put them up here [skphoton.com].
Re:Need more speed scotty!! (Score:2)
Re:Need more speed scotty!! (Score:5, Informative)
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Server is down already (Score:5, Funny)
Parent
Re:Need more speed scotty!! (Score:5, Informative)
Not my fucking day.
http://www.metlin.org/temp_dir/LunarEclipse-10-20
*YES I PREVIEWED IT*
I think my servers have some sense of the future, they don't want to BURNNNN.
And man, I wish Slashdot didn't have the bloody two minute posting limit.
Bzzt!
Parent
Re:Try Gnutella! (Score:5, Funny)
They call it "Freudian typo".
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Re:Try Gnutella! (Score:3, Funny)
They call it "Freudian typo".
I'd call it a very expensive hooker myself...
Re:.torrent (Score:3, Informative)
Surely that makes sense regardless of the efforts of some university networks and ISPs to prevent the use of torrents?