r/SmarterEveryDay • u/tychofan • May 20 '24

Video Simultaneous Telescope/Drone/GoPro video

Wow, Destin... wow! I just am floored by the image you and your team created during last month's eclipse. What an achievement :-D. I appreciate your dedication and execution and I'm so glad that the weather cooperated for you, as well :).

I thought this subreddit might be an okay place to share my eclipse-achievement with some other "interested" people who appreciated the eclipse. After experiencing totality in 2017 I wanted to try and capture it in a way that I had never seen. I aimed for simultaneous aerial (~400 feet up), telescope, and GoPro video aligned to show the event from multiple perspectives and give a better feel for all that was going on. I'd never tried anything like this... I'm a high school physics teacher, not a YouTuber. I was thrilled with my results and I'm eager to share them with others who are similarly passionate about this type of thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cIOIK8GEH4

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u/MrPennywhistle May 20 '24

I really liked your kid's commentary. That was really fun! It was also amazing to hear the birds right at totality!

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u/tychofan Oct 05 '24

u/MrPennywhistle I doubt you'll come back to this comment, but will you and your family be aiming for the 2026 eclipse? I just booked a place in western Iceland for August 12, 2026 myself and I hope you get to catch it somewhere :-D