Published on February 9, 2017
2014-04-15 – AuroraMAX’s roving camera captured this footage on April 15, 2014, of the total eclipse of the Moon with aurora filling the sky. Watch the close-up video in the lower-right corner to see the Moon takes on an increasingly reddish hue as it approaches totality, the moment when Earth’s shadow covers it completely.
Credits: Canadian Space Agency, University of Calgary and Astronomy North
Watch this video to compare this point of view with the movie of the same eclipse and aurora shot with a fish-eye lens at the AuroraMAX observatory, which captures the entire sky:
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