On the 21st of July 1969 Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on another world. The Moon. I was 13 years old and watched the whole thing and became a lunatic.
I have been kind of mildly obsessed with the Moon ever since and have filmed it in several locations around the world.
A lunatic by the way was not someone with a mental illness but someone who was interested in the Moon and a member of one of the many clubs and societies that were interested in science and technology in the 17th & 18th century.
The Lunar Societyhad some very interesting members including. Matthew Boulton and James Watt (steam engine pioneers) Josiah Wedgewood (pottery magnate) and Erasmus Darwin (Grandfather of Charles Darwin (evolution).
The membership reads like a who's who of the industrial revolution.
The Moon over the rooftops
This photograph of the Moon in cloud is a composite of two images. I took them both with a 50 mm lens. The image of the Moon was tiny but I magnified it and placed it behind the rooftops using photoshop to get this effect.
The Moon in real time
I shot this video of the Moon in real time and if you watch it you will see just how fast we are travelling in relation to it's movement. It's not a timelapse. It is one of my favorite videos of all time.
A Gibbous Moon is where the Moon is growing in brightness but is still partially in shadow. A waning Moon is where more is in shadow. This film shows the Moon in real time moving surprisingly fast. It's not until you try to film it that you realise just how fast it is actually travelling.
The term Gibbous relates to the phase of the Moon, where more than 50% of the surface is illuminated by the Sun.
This period gives us the best opportunity to view the craters of the Moon, as the shadows throw the craters into stark relief against the lighter background.
What you are seeing is the actual passage of the Moon in real time. Moving at 2,288 MPH or (3,683 KPH relative to the Earth)
Our constant companion.
Music by YouTube Audio. Waltz of the Flowers by Tchaikovsky
I know that some of you may have seen this video as I have posted it before but it seemed perfect to celebrate this major leap forward for mankind on the Moon landing anniversary. #sublimesunday #beautifulsunday #moon #steem :-)
Have a great week ahead folks.
Glad to hear that a lunatic ain't a mental patient. :)
Interesting day that day was! I've tried photographing the moon with my miserly stock 18mm lens on my Nikon D3300 but so far my effort is still below par.
18mm should be good enough. You need a tripod and try a few different exposure times.
Start with 6 seconds and increment up.
The Moon is moving very fast so it's tricky but great fun.
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So, a Lunatic is not someone from the mental hospital. That's nice to know. Next time when someone called me a lunatic, I will say, "Yes, I love watching and studying the moon." :-)
Yes, we don't know how fast the moon move until we are observing it. And not many people do that. I am now on holiday and sitting on the balcony of my friend's place, I was able to trace the path of the moon when it was setting. I took pictures after a couple of minutes. The last one I took was when it was going down behind the local hill. When I put my phone down and looked up again it was gone. So, I understand how fast the moon can move. :-)
I was only 3 at the time of the Moon landing, so I didn't see it. I do remember later things like when the US and Russia linked up in orbit.
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