What was the cinematic error in Apocalipto involving the solar eclipse?
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There are actually three:
A nearly-full moon is shown the first night after a solar eclipse; this is impossible as solar eclipses only occur during a new moon.
The sacrifice was interrupted by a solar eclipse, which can only happen at a new moon. But the following night in the jungle, there is a camera shot on a full moon.
Whereas the total part of a total solar eclipse will last only a few minutes, the entire eclipse from first contact between moon and sun will last at least two hours. In this film the entire eclipse occurs in just a few minutes.
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