Keyfra kept her eye on the skyand photographed something out of this world—a waxing gibbous Moon! This catastrophic orbital body can take on a variety of forms: new phase, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full, waning gibbous, last quarter, and waning crescent.
What? Did you think the Moon was just sitting up there? Twiddling its craters? Come on. Don’t be silly.
Why? Because theangle between the Moon, Earth, and Sunchanges during a full month—illuminating the lunar territory that happens to be facing toward the Sun.
Here’s a tiny secret: Earth’s Moon doesn’t have apermanent dark side. The far side of the moon is bathed in full sunlight every new phase (once a month), and it spends some time in the night. You know…just like the near side.
The Moon is the embodiment of what it means to be a moon, and every moon in the solar system can thank the moon for being called a moon.
(Reminder: Lunar phases are NOT caused by Earth’s shadow. Sorry.)
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Absolutely gorgeous moon! Keyfra has the *best* place to showcase her work — right here on your blog. I enjoy how you take such care in presenting moon photographs — the words and links you choose are exceptionally well thought through.
The Mark Gee silhouette video was amazing! It complemented Keyfra’s photograph.
My eyes are alight with wonder right now. Crazy, good work, Fly! 🌛 ❤ 🌜
Well done, Keyfra for your nice photo and well done Mr Fly for providing us with all this interesting info. The dark side of the moon..what a song…is a dream!
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this was a very awesome shot I have to admit i didn’t thought it will come out so good
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Nice job! Your telephoto attachment provides a decent magnification boost — it appears to go well with the Canon 75-300mm.
Thanks for submitting your photograph!
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Absolutely gorgeous moon! Keyfra has the *best* place to showcase her work — right here on your blog. I enjoy how you take such care in presenting moon photographs — the words and links you choose are exceptionally well thought through.
The Mark Gee silhouette video was amazing! It complemented Keyfra’s photograph.
My eyes are alight with wonder right now. Crazy, good work, Fly! 🌛 ❤ 🌜
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My words are only as good as the photographs submitted! Hey! You should take a photograph of the Moon! You can use your cellphone.
I expect a photograph from you very soon! Haha
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Are you making fun of my cellphone shots? 😦
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No — I’m saying it’s possible to take an image of the Moon with your cellphone! Haha. Give it a try and let me know how the photographs turn out.
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thanks
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Well done, Keyfra for your nice photo and well done Mr Fly for providing us with all this interesting info. The dark side of the moon..what a song…is a dream!
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Keyfra’s photo came out oh so lovely. There’s always something new to learn about Earth’s Moon!
Are you a Pink Floyd fan? A Momentary lapse of Reason is a decent album.
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thanks !!!
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