by Ann » Sun Jul 18, 2010 5:52 am
I love the blue and green flashes! Thanks, Juan José Manzano!
The very young Moon is fascinating, too. Somehow this brings home the idea of how dark the Moon really is. In Wei Loon Chin's image, the thin crescent of the Moon is not a one-dimensional line but a fully two-dimensional feature, having width as well as length. If the Moon had been lighter-colored, with a higher albedo, I think this narrow curving band would have looked quite bright in the sky, instead of being almost invisible, as the case is now.
Ann
I love the blue and green flashes! Thanks, Juan José Manzano!
The very young Moon is fascinating, too. Somehow this brings home the idea of how dark the Moon really is. In Wei Loon Chin's image, the thin crescent of the Moon is not a one-dimensional line but a fully two-dimensional feature, having width as well as length. If the Moon had been lighter-colored, with a higher albedo, I think this narrow curving band would have looked quite bright in the sky, instead of being almost invisible, as the case is now.
Ann