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Thread #109490   Message #2289285
Posted By: Little Hawk
15-Mar-08 - 05:53 PM
Thread Name: BS: Half moon - science question - ???
Subject: RE: BS: Half moon - science question - ???
Ah-hah! Got it. Thanks, Peace. I was simply getting confused between the shadow effect and the just plain illumination of the sun on the moon effect. ;-) Totally obvious when seen in your pictures. The Earth's shadow effect I was thinking of would only happen in a lunar eclipse, of course.