Re: [Phys-L] Trick photography?

[Bill Norwood <bnorwood111@gmail.com>]

Maybe if I had cared less about language I would have accomplished more in
physics.
Phenomena is plural.
Phenomenon is singular.
On Mar 1, 2014 8:03 PM, "Donald Polvani" <dgpolvani@verizon.net> wrote:

> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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.
>
> Bob Sciamanda
> Physics, Edinboro Univ of PA (Em)
> treborsci@verizon.net
> http://sciamanda.com
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