--- title: Solar Eclipse Time Lapse: Watch Footage From Wyoming description: Watch a gorgeous time-lapse video taken during the total solar eclipse on August 21, 2017 in Casper, Wyoming. canonical: https://time.com/4915845/sola-eclipse-time-lapse-casper-wyoming/ author: Brian Braganza article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-25T15:35:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T04:20:09.000Z article:section: Science og:title: Watch a Gorgeous Time Lapse of the Solar Eclipse in Wyoming og:description: See the eclipse darken Casper, Wyo. og:url: https://time.com/4915845/sola-eclipse-time-lapse-casper-wyoming/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4ed6ef0780eaf9d9/6988db22196cf47eb1041a05/ridge-timelapse-mov-00_00_38_11-still003.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4981 og:image:height: 2802 og:image:alt: RIDGE TIMELAPSE.mov.00_00_38_11.Still003 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch a Gorgeous Time Lapse of the Solar Eclipse in Wyoming twitter:description: See the eclipse darken Casper, Wyo. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4ed6ef0780eaf9d9/6988db22196cf47eb1041a05/ridge-timelapse-mov-00_00_38_11-still003.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch a Gorgeous Time Lapse of the Solar Eclipse in Wyoming > Sponsored content. 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Time-Lapse from Casper, Wyoming during The Great American Eclipse_  by [Brian Braganza](https://time.com/author/brian-braganza/)  ## Brian Braganza Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:20 AM UTCPublished: Aug 25, 2017 3:35 PM UTC Time-Lapse from Casper, Wyoming during The Great American Eclipse  by [Brian Braganza](https://time.com/author/brian-braganza/)  ## Brian Braganza Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:20 AM UTCPublished: Aug 25, 2017 3:35 PM UTC Crowds of science enthusiasts, both amateur and professional, [looked skyward](http://time.com/total-solar-eclispe-madras-oregon-time-lapse/) in Casper, Wyo. on Aug. 21 to witness the[ Great American Eclipse](http://time.com/4910122/solar-eclipse-missed-live/), a rare celestial event in which a [total solar eclipse](http://time.com/4829265/total-solar-eclipse-beauty-science/) [crossed the U.S.](http://time.com/4909517/total-solar-eclipse-moon-shadow-video/) from coast to coast. Photojournalist and videographer Philip Scott Andrews set up camp in Casper to gather time-lapse footage of the day unfolding. The video above was captured by five cameras, which each recorded for 8 hours. We then condensed the video down to two minutes. 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