This beautiful video will make you see the moon in a brand new light
This might well inspire you to look up a little more often.
Perhaps the fact the moon appears each night has led us to take it for granted, but two men in Los Angeles are attempting to change that.
The following film, by Alex Gorosh and Wylie Overstreet, shows the pair travelling around LA showing passers-by the moon through their special telescope.
The result is a short film which may well inspire you to look up a little more often.
“Finding a moment we both had free, with the moon in the right phase and up at the right hour, with clear skies, is a hard confluence to organise,” said Wylie.
“The magnification however happens in the eyepiece – a Televue 13mm Ethos – which is a bit of a legend in the amateur astronomy world,” he continued.
“It has an apparent field of view of 110 degrees, meaning when you lean in, the ‘black circle’ around your image nearly disappears into your periphery, leaving you feeling like you’re floating in space.”
Perhaps that explains the amazed reactions which, along with the clear image of the moon, make the film what it is.
“For every one person you see in the film, there were 10 more with reactions nearly as good.”
To see more of the pair’s work, Alex’s website can be found here, while Wylie’s is available here.
