Moon Flashes Far Side During Earth 'Photobomb'

Seeker ^ | 07/11/2016

[deadrock]

Look up the word demean. Shouldn’t take you more than 3 seconds.

[KarlInOhio]

are there less craters on the far side?

http://sservi.nasa.gov/?question=3318

More craters on the far side because many on the near side were wiped out when lava flows created the "seas" (maria).

[stormer]

Also kind of gives you an idea how dazzling the Earth would appear from the Moon. Not only is it much brighter, it is much larger.

[Axenolith]

Ah, so the magnification is large from afar. I got the impression from the article that it was somewhere reasonably close “on the other side of the moon”, such that it didn’t jibe with Apollo earth shots at all.

Thanks for the heads up!

[Lee Enfield]

Let me get this straight, we were mooned by..... the moon?

[Beowulf9]

That far side is where the cat women moon maidens live. You can't see them because they wear black leotards.

[Karliner]

Albedo is a more greyish albino.

[Two Kids' Dad]

Curious, what’s a Wikipedia?

{{{ducking}}}

[r_barton]

Great video. The moon looks to be the same color (like cement dust) as moon rocks I’ve seen in museums.

[fr_freak]

Direct Youtube link to Moon Photobombing the Earth

[TexasCruzin]

So we got mooned by the moon? Who knew?

[Zeppo]

Mooninites, unite!

[chopperman]

Why would the moon be so dark?

The sun is shining on it.

It’s much brighter when you look at it from earth.

[fruser1]

I’m STILL waiting for a pic of the dark side of the sun.

[boknows]

Dark Sides Matter

[P.O.E.]

I’m STILL waiting for a pic of the dark side of the sun.

[T-Bone Texan]

I get albedo mixed up with albumin and albino.

[elcid1970]

Actually, all the craters, mare, & other features on the far side of the moon have Russian or Leninist names. The USSR was the first to send a satellite to photograph the unseen side in 1959. Therefor they got to name everything that mankind saw for the first time. “Soviet Mountains” is my favorite.

Probably no “Trotsky Crater” out there.

;^)

[GingisK]

Flashes and lights were observed on the moon as far back as the 1100s, maybe earlier: Transient lunar phenomenon

[fieldmarshaldj]

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