A Moonrise Unlike Any You’ve Ever Seen

[pokerfan]

This is not a time lapse. This moonrise, recorded just two days ago and presented here in real time, was shot two days ago in Wellington, New Zealand — and it is positively spellbinding. Seriously. Just watch.

http://io9.com/5980370/a-moonrise-unlike-any-youve-ever-seen

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Wonderful, and thank you!

[petronius]

2. Very cool - thank you! (nt)

[mountain grammy]

3. neat, thank you. made my day.

[unblock]

4. very nice of those mst3k folks to bring us this special episode!

[LonePirate]

5. Stunning video!

This mostly blue dot and its small gray neighbor are capable of producing so much beauty. It's nice to take a few moments to appreciate it.

[Rhiannon12866]

6. Wow! K&R! Awesome!

Definitely the coolest thing I've seen all week! Thanks for sharing this with us...

[TreasonousBastard]

7. Wow! Just wow.

[Melissa G]

8. Enjoyed it!

Thanks!

[lastlib]

9. Odd that the moon moved from right to left.......

...in my world, it moves from left to right :scratchhead

[SCVDem]

10. Southern hemisphere maybe?

I kinda thought of MST3K with the silhouettes.

[lastlib]

11. nope--rotation of the earth is same regardless of hemisphere.

moonrise (or, for that matter, sunrise) is just the moon (sun) coming into view as the earth rotates. And the rotation is always counterclockwise.

[pokerfan]

23. Yeah, it's still moving East to West

It's just that it was shot in New Zealand.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington-central/8236773/Hobbit-artist-captures-Mt-Vic-moonrise

[chalky]

17. Not if you're angled toward the north.

[pokerfan]

18. New Zealand

credits at the end

[aquart]

12. Holy shit!

[nytemare]

13. La Luna! La Bella Luna!

I love just watching the moon. Beautiful!

[VA_Jill]

40. The moon.....

brings the woman...to the man!

[WinstonSmith4740]

46. Could that be...

Cosmo's moon?

[rtassi]

14. Spellbinding ... I agree

[memory]

15. Thank you so much!

That was just beautiful!

[Hekate]

16. Absolutely exquisite

Thank you.

[Skinner]

19. Amazing.

Thanks for posting.

[liberalla]

20. Just Beautiful.

It would've been so cool to stand there with those other folks who'd gathered to watch...

[Esse Quam Videri]

21. Wow

Just makes me more interested in looking at NZ as my escape country if this one continues to ride the crazy train into oblivion.

[progressoid]

22. That was fun.

[mnhtnbb]

24. Can you imagine seeing that in person? Just amazingly beautiful.

[sheshe2]

25. WOW!

Beauty in motion.

Thank you, pokerfan!

[Xithras]

26. Moonrises are always beautiful

I have to disagree with the "unlike any you've ever seen" comment though. Artists have been capturing creative moonside silhouettes since the invention of cameras.

I tend to be more of a fan of works like this one:

[libodem]

27. .

[lark]

28. Wow

Simply wow.

Thanks!

[valerief]

29. Wow! So FAST!!!! nt

[pokerfan]

31. Yeah, one doesn't often appreciate how quickly the Earth rotates

(1440 minutes in a day) / (360 degrees in one revolution) = 4 minutes per degree.

The Moon subtends about one half of a degree of arc, so about 2 minutes to move its diameter.

[Canuckistanian]

30. Awesome

Just a slow motion exhibit of the wonderful world we live in.

[AsahinaKimi]

32. I will tell you...

Once while in Huntington Beach, Calfornia I was out at the beach on an early evening. Suddenly someone pointed to the horizon and said "Whoa!! what is that?" This huge pink, orange light was coming out of the Ocean.. As we stood there we realized it was the Moon. IT WAS THE LARGEST MOON I have ever seen. It was one of the most incredible things I have ever seen, other than when hale bopp comet sat in the Western Sky for so long.


kinda like this, only WAY LARGER.

[classof56]

42. Oh, this is gorgeous.

I have a friend who lives in a beachfront house in Huntington Beach. I'm guessing he may enjoy scenes like this now and then. How lucky is he! Thanks for posting.

[oldandhappy]

33. magnificent! Thank you.

Wonderful to pause and appreciate our miraculous world.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

34. ohhhh so beautiful...such beautiful music too

Perfect......


Reminds me of some times gone now....
And of course I'm crying my eyes out

[SunSeeker]

35. K&R

[onlyadream]

36. A dumb question

Why does it appear so large? Where I live, it can always be blocked out by my thumb.

[pokerfan]

37. Not a dumb question

Smart ass answer: The Moon is really, really big. About 2K miles in diameter. Probably not the answer you were looking for.

Real answer: Perspective. It's not a matter of the Moon being larger than normal, it's that the people were really small because they were over a mile away. The photographer could have still blocked the entire frame with his thumb from his vantage point.

From the link: Full Moon Silhouettes is a real time video of the moon rising over the Mount Victoria Lookout in Wellington, New Zealand. People had gathered up there this night to get the best view possible of the moon rising. I captured the video from 2.1km away on the other side of the city. It's something that I've been wanting to photograph for a long time now, and a lot of planning and failed attempts had taken place. Finally, during moon rise on the 28th January 2013, everything fell into place and I got my footage.

[Quixote1818]

47. Think of looking at the moon through a telescope but putting a camera on the end. nt

[ReRe]

38. On Golden Pond...

Stunning nature. I love DU and I love the internet!

[Sekhmets Daughter]

39. Gorgeous!

Thanks so much for the lovely gift

[Lunabelle]

41. Pretty

[idwiyo]

43. K&R Beautiful. Thank you for posting this.

[fadedrose]

44. Awesome, thank you...

[LittleGirl]

45. Thank you so much for posting this.

I've shared on facebook!

[Moostache]

48. That's Amore! (with apologies to Dino!)

When the moon hits your eye
Like a big pizza-pie
That's Amore!

Beautiful image and big thanks for posting it.