29 May 2011

Remember, the earth rotates, not the stars


This video, by bulletpeople, adjusts the time-lapse images to keep the stars fixed, thus showing the earth's rotation during the available darkness.

Via Neatorama.

4 comments:

  1. FesterMay 29, 2011 at 2:23 PM

    Woah!

    I haven't felt that dizzy since I was eight years old riding the tilt-a-whirl at the amusement park!

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  2. SkipweaselMay 29, 2011 at 5:09 PM

    Neat - it really needs to be done properly, now. Fix the camera to the azimuth mounting of a telescope so you don't get the matting effect.

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  3. MikeMay 29, 2011 at 9:11 PM

    I think the whole universe rotates around us. ;) In fact, relatively-speaking, it does. (Isn't that the idea behind relativity.. it all depends on perspective?)

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  4. AnonymousMay 29, 2011 at 11:23 PM

    Absolutely amazing.

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