On January 22 the moon and Jupiter were close enough together to be captured at an effective focal length of approximately 1000mm. Click on the full screen arrows at the bottom of the video, and it'll play the high resolution 1080p HD copy!
I captured a few hundred images so I could show their movement over time in a time-lapse video. More notes on how I shot this astronomical event are posted to my blog over on +Blogger:
http://activesole.blogspot.com/2013/01/moon-jupiter-conjunction.html
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beautiful.
How cool!
super
You never stop o amaze us with your brilliance ~~~ thank you ~~~
That's so kind of you to say +Madge Bienstock, thank you!
You and your camera are an extension of each other ~~~ that's why you take
such beautiful photos ~~~
yo. that's cool