Pirillo in eclipse

Chris Pirillo did a live ‘cast of the lunar eclipse the other night, using his camera to capture the event. It’s pretty nifty.

He streamed it live on his UStream channel; there is also a live chat session going on. Chris is pretty much on the cutting edge of teh Internets at any given time, so if you like shiny techie stuff, you should subscribe to his YouTube channel.

And if you want to see lots more picture of the eclipse, check out the BAUT forum!

August 29th, 2007 9:26 AM by Phil Plait in Astronomy, Cool stuff, Pretty pictures, Time Sink | 6 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

6 Responses to “Pirillo in eclipse”

1. Jason Says:
August 29th, 2007 at 1:19 pm

Thank you Phil. Your post the other day reminded me and inspired me to wake up and watch. Took some pictures:

http://www.flickr.com/gp/91035898@N00/13537B

and also woke up my 5-year-old daughter to watch it. She was bragging about it the next day! “Well, _my_ daddy woke _me_ up to see the eclipse…”
2. JanieBelle Says:
August 29th, 2007 at 2:21 pm

Sweet.
3. Shawn S. Says:
August 29th, 2007 at 2:28 pm

I work nights so by the time I got home I was able to see a dark spot at the top of the moon. I floated in the pool and watched the eclipse happen. It was exquisite. Thanks for the notification. I haven’t caught an eclipse in a long time.
4. John B. Sandlin Says:
August 29th, 2007 at 5:35 pm

I video’d a lunar eclipse a few years ago (2000-01-20):
http://www.switchtech.us/cpg/displayimage.php?album=12&pos=0

Of course it doesn’t have a cool voice over like Chris’.

jbs
5. aaront Says:
August 30th, 2007 at 7:13 am

You know what’s cool is to just move the slider and watch the moon as drifts down the screen (and then gets into a traffic accident as Chris adjusts the camera).
6. Fred O Fenua Says:
September 1st, 2007 at 5:07 pm

Some other shoot from Tahiti ;o)

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