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Open the image in an image editor and fiddle with it a bit - there's a scorpion hiding in it behind the waxing moon.

[quote="neufer"] I didn't see your clipse moving :!: [/quote]
So :?: Clipse-so, a variation of a famous dance where you move everything except your lips. It's only done when a picture of a fully e-clipse-d moon is shown.

You guys are so funny....and gals :-)

[quote="neufer"][quote="moonstruck"]

Nice work Elias.

And "Acropoclipse" what a clever play on words.[/quote]
But just try saying it three times fast :!:[/quote]
[quote="Beyond"]

Acropoclipse,Acropoclipse,Acropoclipse :!:[/quote]
I didn't see your clipse moving :!:

[quote="Ann"]

Aprococlipse, Acropoplipse, Apropoplipse.... how'd I do?[/quote]
About like the Swedish Chef.

[quote="moonstruck"]Nice work Elias. And "Acropoclipse" what a clever play on words. Cool 8-)[/quote]
Not to be confused with acropocalypse- an APOD none of us want to see soon!

Aprococlipse, Acropoplipse, Apropoplipse.... how'd I do?

Ann

Acropoclipse,Acropoclipse,Acropoclipse :!:

[quote="moonstruck"]

Nice work Elias.

And "Acropoclipse" what a clever play on words.[/quote]
But just try saying it three times fast :!:

Nice work Elias. And "Acropoclipse" what a clever play on words. Cool 8-)

Now that's a dark Moon! 8-)

[url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110625.html][img]http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_110625.jpg[/img] [size=150]Eclipse over the Acropolis[/size][/url]

[b] Explanation: [/b] The total phase of the [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110617.html]June 15 lunar eclipse[/url] lasted an impressive 100 minutes. Its entire duration is covered in this composite of a regular sequence of digital camera exposures, tracking the dark lunar disk as it [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110320.html]arced above the Acropolis[/url] in Athens, Greece. [url=http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEhistory/LEhistory.html]In fact[/url], around 270 BCE Greek astronomer [url=http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Aristarchus.html]Aristarchus[/url] also tracked the duration of lunar eclipses, though without the benefit of [url=http://itotd.com/articles/297/revenge-of-the-analog-clock/]digital clocks[/url] and cameras. Still, [url=http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Shipprc2.htm]using geometry, he devised[/url] a simple and impressively accurate way to calculate the Moon's distance, in terms of the radius of planet Earth, from the eclipse duration. A more modern Greek astronomer, Elias Politis titled this eclipse duration study and the accompanying youtube timelapse [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOXR1ga1UlE]video "Acropoclipse"[/url].

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