To: Concentrate
The dark area is the area not illuminated by the sun. In the half moon photo we are seeing the moon from 90 degrees off from the center of the illuminated side so it looks like a straight. The dark side is not from the Earth’s shadow. That happens in a lunar eclipse.
13 posted on
08/25/2020 4:25:13 AM PDT by
MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: MtnClimber
14 posted on
08/26/2020 3:00:28 PM PDT by
Concentrate
(ex-texan was right and Always Right was wrong, which is why we lost the election.)
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