[Faline]

This is not a time lapse. This moonrise was shot in Wellington, New Zealand — and it is positively spellbinding. Seriously. Just watch.

The moon illusion is working overtime here, thanks to some clever camera placement by astrophotographer Mark Gee, who set up shop a full two kilometers away from Mount Victoria Lookout in anticipation of the Moon's appearance over the horizon. Writes Gee of the video, which he calls, appropriately, "Full Moon Silhouettes":

Full Moon Silhouettes is a real time video of the moon rising over the Mount Victoria Lookout in Wellington, New Zealand. People had gathered up there this night to get the best view possible of the moon rising. I captured the video from 2.1km away on the other side of the city. It's something that I've been wanting to photograph for a long time now, and a lot of planning and failed attempts had taken place. Finally, during moon rise on the 28th January 2013, everything fell into place and I got my footage.

[Viking64]

Something interesting to note is that it is rising at the opposite angle as it would in the Northern hemisphere.

Great vid, Kel.

[kellyhound]

very cool to witness

[Sharon]

How cool!! Thanks for posting this

[butterfly]

That is cool . Now he can work on getting the sun

[Loneee123]

That was good

[Desensitisation]

So where were Mei and Gabu?

[CuriousCanadian]

WTF - someone should have shot those people walkin there
Just when Im trying to relax to the calming music and enjoy the moonrise - you get these people there

Its like being in the theatre and having people standing up in front of the movie damn it

LOL - nice vid tho

[denmetal80]

awesomeeee !!! thanksss for posting!

[ArKrayzie]

Wow that was amazing.