The Moon doesn’t have a dark side any more than the Earth does.
Thanks for pointing that out. How did that phrase ever enter the language?
I find it creepy, however, that there IS a far side of the Moon.
“The Moon doesn’t have a dark side any more than the Earth does.”
I hope you are aware that the Moon does not rotate on its axis like Earth does and that the same side of the Moon always faces earth. For us it may as well be the dark side because we never see it unless we send a spacecraft to circle the moon and photograph the side that never faces Earth.
Its also interesting that NASA to my knowledge has never declassified more than about 30% of the detailed mapping images of the back side of the Moon. I cannot imagine that anything on either side of the Moon in most any detail would be in the interest of “National Security” to that extent, or would have ever needed to be classified in the first place.
Things that are hidden for no valid reason always arouse suspicion...
Reminds me of children in a school playground... na na na na na na..I know something you don’t.
The Moon doesn’t have a dark side any more than the Earth does.
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The moon rotates at exactly the same rate as the earth - so the hemisphere we see always faces us and we never see the other side - but you are right, the far side of the moon DOES indeed get sunlight.