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They even did call it the far side, not the dark side.
Because the dark side of the moon is in fact not dark most of the time.
Because the dark side of the moon is in fact not dark most of the time.
Exactly half of the time right?
Ironically, the dark side of the moon is lit a bit more than the light side. Dark side is gonna be almost exactly half of the time, light side is a bit less because it’s the side facing the sun during lunar eclipses.
Same argument for the dark side of the moon getting more light than the earth because of solar eclipses (if we’re comparing % light coverage, not total photons).
Depends on the definition. Ignoring the terrain, each point gets slightly more illumination than 50% of the time because of the Sun’s non-zero size.
It’s because they took the photo during a solar eclipse, of course!
This make me sad, English major or otherwise. I mean, you can look up at the moon and see when the far side is at least partially illuminated.
But you can’t see the far side from earth…
Right - so?
Earth isn’t a source of light.
Well, it is a pretty poor indirect source. Just like the moon lighting things at night by reflecting the sun, Earth does the same.
One Pink Floyd album and now we have to deprogram everyone’s misconceptions
“There is no dark side of the moon. As a matter of fact it’s all dark” - last lyric on DSoTM.
You can infer that the far side is illuminated.
pff, and she calls herself an English major…
This one actually made my brain stutter for a few minutes. I couldn’t tell whether I’m the dumb one or they.
With grammar like that?
Am English major, can confirm many of us throw grammar out of the window when posting online.
My heart sunk when reading the OP, though. “Great, more ammo for snarky remarks.”
It was using “–” as an em-dash out of em-dash context that sent it over the edge.
Imagine an engineer, “Really need to tighten this bolt… Toss me a hammer!”
But, you’re right. Most people online don’t live under the Grammar Nazi rule, for sake of convenience and casual comms. But in the case of this person’s own context, gawd damn. Got their major from Captain Crunch U.
She did say she “was an English major”
Hello, ill-informed, nice to meet you.
If you blink really fast the heat generated by your eyelids makes a very bright light that is very similar to sun rays.
Fortunately for us the 4 astronauts were very well trained with this technique so they each took turns at lighting up the moon while the others took photographs.
In other news it was probably not a good idea to call it the dark side of the moon hence why it’s refer to as the far side of the moon.
Good luck with the blinking, stay hydrated.
blink fast, heat, bright light Source? I’ve never heard of this before and can’t fathom how that might be possible.
A screenshot from twitter is not a meme.
No one tell her.
I get that she’s an English major, but how is that an excuse to not know that cameras typically have a flash so they can illuminate the object being photographed?
I feel like this needs a /s because people might be dumb enough to actually think a flash of some sort was used to capture these images.
Philosophy dipshit here. How does a flash of light illuminate an object that big and far away?
Didn’t you know? The enlightenment spreads like an ideology. Traditional physics outplayed.
pretty sure that was a joke
My bad haha.
I legit thought you were continuing the joke.
Philosophical shithead here!
A 15,000,000,000,000 bulb, of course!
But how could we know that that object illuminated by a 15,000,000,000,000 Lumen bulb is even real? For all you know, that massive object illuminated by a 15,000,000,000,000 Lumen bulb could be a fiction, a simple 15,000,000,000,000 Lumen shadow upon the wall!
So how many shitheads does it take to change a 15,000,000,000,000 Lumen bulb?
Just one. See? I just changed it to 15,000,000,000,008 Lumen
But there are no swastika shaped star bases in that Foto. As we all know the nazis are up there so this is obviously fake.
The reptilians ate all the Nazis
With all dew respect that’s impossible: the reptiles are the nazis
based reptilians
RETVRN TO HELIOCENTRISM (nah fuck that doesn’t work either)
“If the Naomi be Klein/ you’re doing just fine./ If the Naomi be Wolf/ Oh, buddy. Ooooof.”
Jumped a little when I saw the name.
I was ignorant but curious.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Wolf
She’s got a Doctorate of Philosophy in English Literature from Oxford, is a feminist author, and conspiracy theorist. At a glance I can understand why she’s developed a reputation of a certain color.
Care to share any specific grievances?
I overestimated the popularity of that quote!
It’s as described elsewhere in the thread. She was an academic with good but incomplete early work, that pivoted hard into the conspiracy world. However because of some almost spooky but incidental similarities to the excellent Naomi Klein, the two were constantly mistaken for one another.
I highly recommend Klein’s book Doppleganger. It’s an analysis of the modern tech/media space that I imagine would very much appeal to the Fediverse user base.
She once suggested periods happen due to vaccines. Likes complaining about 5G in her spare times too.
Oh, buddy. Ooooof.
Ok, you’re ill-informed.
The flash of the camera
Hint:
Far Side ≠ Dark Side
It can be confusing because the far side of the Moon is sometimes also referred to as the Dark Side because it is “dark” to us, in the sense that we cannot see it from Earth.
Did Pink Floyd lie to us?
Yeah, dark in the same meaning as “the dark ages.” It’s referring to a lack of knowledge, not a lack of light. Both these terms have fallen out of favor though.
