I have two more cool, time-lapse videos for you today.  Any child who is interested in space will be captivated by these videos.  For that matter, so was my space-loving husband!

The first one is a total lunar eclipse, which occurred on February 20, 2008.  The filmmaker, Pete Herron, writes about the video:  “The image shakes because the moon moves during the night, obviously. It’s hard to keep the moon in the exact same spot of the frame while it’s constantly moving. The sound was from video that I recorded for the purpose of giving the timelapse a more real-time feel to it.”  Check out Pete’s website for other cool videos.

(Did anyone else get an ad for the new Twilight movie when they watched this video?  I, for one, found that quite amusing.  But don’t worry, no ads on KidDesktop.)

The second video shows the earth rising and setting, as seen from the moon.  Those images would be interesting enough, but this filmmaker actually introduces the earth-rise/earth-set with video taken from astronauts aboard Apollo 8 on December 24, 1968.  Having just made the first human passage around the moon, the astronauts are amazed to see the earth-rise.  The remainder of the video comes from 2007, and was taken about the Japanese Kaguya satellite.