# Is this scheme the proper explanation of why the upper part of the moon is illuminated ?

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**Created:** [April 27, 2014, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-scheme-the-proper-explanation-of-why-the-upper-part-of-the-moon-is-illuminated/687098 "2014-04-27T08:46:21Z")\
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**Karol** , would you kindly present your model of the local cosmos? Like, if you were to ask me what model I adhered to, I could show you [that model](http://eyes.nasa.gov/index.html). If you were to ask a flat-earther what model they adhered to, they would probably show you something like [this](http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj135/Starman937/modelcopyjd0_zps827b198f.jpg). But I have _no idea_ what your model is. What is it? How does the local cosmos look to you, and how does this evidence seem to conform to it?

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