ATLANTA — A Georgia Tech student managed to capture a once-in-a-lifetime -- once-in-a-century even -- shot of Friday night’s lunar eclipse.
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Richard Xiong captured a stunning image of the red-tinted Beaver Moon eclipse sitting just atop the spire of Tech Tower.
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The moon was 97% covered by the Earth’s shadow at its peak at 4:03 a.m. Xiong calculated the moon’s exact position and set up the shot at exactly 4:07 a.m. to get the image of the moon appearing to perch on top of the tower.
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The chance to repeat Xiong’s stunning shot likely won’t happen for hundreds of years, the university said.
The near-full lunar eclipse was the longest partial lunar eclipse in 580 years and will remain the longest for another 648 years until Feb. 8, 2669.
At 4:07 am, GT student Richard Xiong captured this stunning image of an almost total lunar eclipse at the precise moment the moon sat at the top of Tech Tower. He calculated the moon’s exact position to capture this image — and the chance to repeat it may take hundreds of years. pic.twitter.com/APWPz1wcZW
— Georgia Tech (@GeorgiaTech) November 19, 2021
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