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Sep 12, 2012 00:31:20   #
NormPR
 
photosarah wrote:
Hi

Two nights' ago, there was a half moon in the sky over the south of England, plus a few clouds, and I took the attached photo with my new Panasonic FZ200 just to see what the camera would do. When I put it up on my screen, I appear to be able to see the "other half" of the moon and what is presumably the shadow of our earth making the moon look like a "half moon". I certainly could not see the other half of the moon with my eyes: am I really seeing the other half of the moon, or is this just an illusion? I don't know enough about the stars and skies to know.
Hi br br Two nights' ago, there was a half moon ... (show quote)


Took this on 09/08, taken with Canon 55/250. My Tamron 18/270 is out for a tune up.

September 8th 2012
September 8th 2012...

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Sep 12, 2012 02:37:43   #
Lazy Old Coot Loc: Gainesville, Florida
 
tried it..it works...my wife is staring at me in a peculiar way[/quote]

Yeah, but it probably has nothing to do with your little experiment. (chuckle). ....... Coot

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Sep 12, 2012 06:52:37   #
photosarah Loc: East Sussex, UK
 
ggttc wrote:
AUminer wrote:
Easy way to show yourself what GGTTC said. Get a ball of some sort or even your fist. Go into a room and turn on one light source. Get as far from the light as possible and hold the ball or your fist out at arme length at about the level of your face and sloowly spin in a circle. Do not rotate the ball. You can then see how the light that is hitting the ball is visible to your eye at different poins in a 360 degree turn.


tried it..it works...my wife is staring at me in a peculiar way
quote=AUminer Easy way to show yourself what GGTT... (show quote)


I tried the "ball trick" too - but when my husband was not around! As you say, it works

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Sep 12, 2012 06:55:00   #
photosarah Loc: East Sussex, UK
 
The original question referred to being able to see the dark[end] side of the moon in the photo when he could not actually see it with his own eyes, live. I don't think he meant seeing the "dark side of the moon" which we know is not possible from Earth.
- See the attached diagram for how the Phases are created as the moon rotates around the Earth.[/quote]

Thanks, Phreedom. Easy to understand diagram for astronomy dummies like me!

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