Maximum eclipse near 3:14 at Grand Rapids (time lapse)
The 15 minutes before and after the 3:14 p.m. maximum occlusion (94%) is compressed at 1 frame per second, or about 1 minute of playback time for the real time half-hour. Alone or in groups people sought out this high terrain overlooking the valley of the Grand River and city of Grand Rapids, Michigan, below. Within 10 or 15 minutes after the peak, many were leaving this view at Lookout Park just north of the city center.
The camera records something different to the human eye. The overall effect was dusk approaching, as if sunset was only an hour or 45 minutes away. But the pace was different. Between 2:10 and 3:10 the transition from blue sky and full sun to the slightly 'twilight' feeling seemed to progress logarithmically, becoming noticeable by the minute from 3:00 to the peak at 3:14. What normally diminishes in an hour only took 10 minutes. Then reversing the curve, each successive minute after the peak brightened noticeably, as if the cosmic dimmer switch turned up click after click.
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Maximum eclipse near 3:14 at Grand Rapids (time lapse)
The 15 minutes before and after the 3:14 p.m. maximum occlusion (94%) is compressed at 1 frame per second, or about 1 minute of playback time for the real time half-hour. Alone or in groups people sought out this high terrain overlooking the valley of the Grand River and city of Grand Rapids, Michigan, below. Within 10 or 15 minutes after the peak, many were leaving this view at Lookout Park just north of the city center.
The camera records something different to the human eye. The overall effect was dusk approaching, as if sunset was only an hour or 45 minutes away. But the pace was different. Between 2:10 and 3:10 the transition from blue sky and full sun to the slightly 'twilight' feeling seemed to progress logarithmically, becoming noticeable by the minute from 3:00 to the peak at 3:14. What normally diminishes in an hour only took 10 minutes. Then reversing the curve, each successive minute after the peak brightened noticeably, as if the cosmic dimmer switch turned up click after click.
Press L for 'lightbox' to view the clip on a black background.