Thanks for sharing this. I have never before seen the phenomena. Not only is it interesting for students (and retired physics teachers) to compute the angular rates and moon rise time involved; it's just simply beautiful!
Don
Dr. Donald Polvani
Adjunct Faculty, Physics (Retired)
Anne Arundel Community College
Arnold, MD 21012
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From: Phys-l [mailto:phys-l-bounces@phys-l.org] On Behalf Of Bob Sciamanda
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2014 11:24 AM
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Subject: [Phys-L] Trick photography?
If you’ve never seen a tele-video of a distant terrestrial scene silhouetted by a rising moon, look at==> http://vimeo.com/58385453.
The casual observer often complains that this must be a manipulated photoshop type trick.
It is an interesting exercise for students to investigate this by calculating, and comparing, the speeds of the terrestrial and lunar images across the camera film/digital sensor.
More than sufficient data is available from the video clip, its commentary, and known lunar data.