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by APOD Robot » Sat Jun 25, 2011 4:08 am
Eclipse over the Acropolis
Explanation: The total phase of the
June 15 lunar eclipse lasted an impressive 100 minutes. Its entire duration is covered in this composite of a regular sequence of digital camera exposures, tracking the dark lunar disk as it
arced above the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.
In fact, around 270 BCE Greek astronomer
Aristarchus also tracked the duration of lunar eclipses, though without the benefit of
digital clocks and cameras. Still,
using geometry, he devised a simple and impressively accurate way to calculate the Moon's distance, in terms of the radius of planet Earth, from the eclipse duration. A more modern Greek astronomer, Elias Politis titled this eclipse duration study and the accompanying youtube timelapse
video "Acropoclipse".
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by orin stepanek » Sat Jun 25, 2011 11:02 am
Now that's a dark Moon!
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Smile today; tomorrow's another day!
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by moonstruck » Sat Jun 25, 2011 1:09 pm
Nice work Elias. And "Acropoclipse" what a clever play on words. Cool
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by neufer » Sat Jun 25, 2011 2:05 pm
moonstruck wrote:
Nice work Elias.
And "Acropoclipse" what a clever play on words.
But just try saying it three times fast
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by Beyond » Sat Jun 25, 2011 5:05 pm
Acropoclipse,Acropoclipse,Acropoclipse
To find the Truth, you must go Beyond.
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by Ann » Sat Jun 25, 2011 5:37 pm
Aprococlipse, Acropoplipse, Apropoplipse.... how'd I do?
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by Chris Peterson » Sat Jun 25, 2011 5:39 pm
moonstruck wrote:Nice work Elias. And "Acropoclipse" what a clever play on words. Cool 8-)
Not to be confused with acropocalypse- an APOD none of us want to see soon!
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by neufer » Sat Jun 25, 2011 6:25 pm
neufer wrote:moonstruck wrote:
Nice work Elias.
And "Acropoclipse" what a clever play on words.
But just try saying it three times fast
Beyond wrote:
Acropoclipse,Acropoclipse,Acropoclipse
I didn't see your clipse moving
Ann wrote:
Aprococlipse, Acropoplipse, Apropoplipse.... how'd I do?
About like the Swedish Chef.
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by moonstruck » Sat Jun 25, 2011 6:59 pm
You guys are so funny....and gals
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by Beyond » Sat Jun 25, 2011 7:06 pm
neufer wrote: I didn't see your clipse moving
So
Clipse-so, a variation of a famous dance where you move everything except your lips. It's only done when a picture of a fully e-clipse-d moon is shown.
To find the Truth, you must go Beyond.
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by dp » Sun Jun 26, 2011 3:03 am
Open the image in an image editor and fiddle with it a bit - there's a scorpion hiding in it behind the waxing moon.
