Dean, Thanks for posting & sharing the sunset over Kitt Peak. I can't get enough of that. Love it! "Randy Quiroz" RANDOLPH QUIROZ JR. Tucson, Arizona "Astronomy is looking up" > Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:21:32 -0700 > From: ketelsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [AZ-Observing] Sunset Alignment > > Saturday night was the first of 2 dates (24 December is the other) when > the sun > sets directly behind KPNO from milepost 8.7 on the Mount Lemmon Highway. I've > done GIFs from digital stills before: > > <http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Wmwea5EQ9Uc/TGooDmeIcSI/AAAAAAAAA88/eVJVdxMFPLk/s1600/17DecemberSunset.gif> > > but last night we filmed it in real time with Melinda's Canon T1i. She > uploaded > it to Youtube - it lost a lot of resolution in the resampling, but is fun > nonetheless, especially with the soundtrack! Check it out at: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-b82Jn1-No > > Good luck on the eclipse tomorrow! > > -Dean > > > > -- > See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please > send personal replies to the author, not the list. > -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.