Breathtaking Footage of the August 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Taking Place Over the Tetons and Idaho
Astronomy photographer Phil Hart captured absolutely breathtaking footage of the total solar eclipse that took place on August 21, 2017, compiled the footage and created a short film entitled "The Moon in Motion". The film, which captures the eclipse in its entirety, used seven remote cameras and took Hart the almost two years since the eclipse to perfect.
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