How's this for the biggest Meteor ever !

Good times. Next time he should pay the people up there to run and flail their arms and stuff.

Earth's moon is way closer and smaller than NASA says. Within the van Allen belts

a reply to: Protricity2k

No it isn't.

a reply to: gortex
WOW, a near miss? Such a large rock to come so close to Earth, within one lunar distance. I'm glad that's over.

originally posted by: SummerRain

originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: gortex

That's a relief.

Fake.

Fake relief? Aww and I was looking forward to it.

a reply to: Devino

It just keeps on trying, and keeps on missing.

a reply to: Phage
Stupid Moon.

Something is cgi with the speed of the moon coming down, the people are walking, the moon would not move that fast relative to the people even if it is a super moon or harvest type moon. I wonder how they did that?

a reply to: rickymouse

The Moon has an apparent diameter of about 0.5º (what a telephoto lens does to it is not relevant). The Earth rotates at 0.25º per minute (360º/24/60). The Moon moves "backwards" a little bit . So, it takes the Moon a bit more than 2 minutes to move it's own apparent width across the sky. Seems to be in keeping with the video.

originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: rickymouse

The Moon has an apparent diameter of about 0.5º (what a telephoto lens does to it is not relevant). The Earth rotates at 0.25º per minute (360º/24/60). The Moon moves "backwards" a little bit . So, it takes the Moon a bit more than 2 minutes to move it's own apparent width across the sky. Seems to be in keeping with the video.

Nice break down. I have to admit the first time I saw the relative motion of Earth against stars as seen through a telescope I was amazed. It didn't seem right.

I was equally amazed watching the motion of the Moon eclipsing a distant star, or is that a stellar transit, during a Lunar eclipse. That is the observed motion of the Moon orbiting around the Earth. The Moon is usually too bright to see nearby background stars so the eclipse provided an excellent opportunity.

a reply to: Phage

Honest question here.

Why does the moon look so big though? I get it's a telescopic lens, but shouldn't that make the people look bigger too?

Is it because the guy taking the video is really far away from the peak of the mountain? So he zooms in on the mountain, sees the people, but... ahhhhh never mind i think i get it after thinking really hard.

The moon is zoomed in on. It looks huge. The people are very far way also. They are actually very magnified compared to the naked eye. Both the people and the moon are magnified exactly the same, but the moon looks so big because the people are actually that far away.

So how far away does the camera man have to be to get this effect? The people on the mountain must be at least 100 miles from the camera? edit: they are 16 kilometers away. sorry kinda late here.

not really an illusion but a different perspective of sight?

originally posted by: Vasa Croe

originally posted by: skunkape23

Pretty amazing movie actually....

Kirsten Dunst's boobies and the end of the world in one movie. Von Trier is a hell of a film maker. 'Antichrist' is one of the most disturbing horror films ever. It rivals 'Eraserhead' for nightmare fuel.

Distortion of reality or not it is still a spectacular video..... Cheers Gortex

a reply to: NarcolepticBuddha
That imagine is genuinely freaky i don't like it lol