Total Solar Eclipse Time-Lapse Captures Shadow Sweeping Across the Land
Last month, there was a total solar eclipse that was visible to people in Australia. Photographer Colin Legg captured the whole thing as three separate time-lapse videos (seen above). The short but beautiful clips show the moon passing in front of the sun, a darkness sweeping across the vast landscape, and the moon’s shadow sweeping across the sky!
The three time-lapses he captured are from the same location but with cameras equipped with different lenses and purposes:
The first used a constant exposure, while the latter 2 tracked the light in the final 2 minutes either side of C2/C3, using bulb scripting. Eclipse Orchestrator software managed the light curve, while the cameras were triggered by a custom microcontroller […]
Legg says he was inspired to create his video after seeing this 2-second clip by photographer Joe Cali, created back in 2008:
You can find more of Legg’s work over on his Facebook page.
Image credits: Video and photographs by Colin Legg