# Remarkable images of Moon passing in front of Earth **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 2, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remarkable-images-of-moon-passing-in-front-of-earth/747737 "2016-03-02T15:43:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remarkable-images-of-moon-passing-in-front-of-earth/747737/41 "2016-03-08T03:38:34Z")
> [@WildBlueYonder](#): > > Where b all the space junk flying around up there?? :dubious: Why would you expect to see space junk at that scale? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remarkable-images-of-moon-passing-in-front-of-earth/747737/42 "2016-03-08T05:00:30Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Explain _that_, flat-earthers! Obviously it’s the moon that’s flat, not the Earth. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remarkable-images-of-moon-passing-in-front-of-earth/747737/43 "2016-03-08T14:38:52Z")
> [@Whiskey\_Dickens](#): > > I guess I’m just confused because there IS a far side of the moon, so adding “so-called” seemed odd. There is no far side of the moon, really. Matter a fact, it’s all far. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remarkable-images-of-moon-passing-in-front-of-earth/747737/44 "2016-03-08T14:50:12Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > There is no far side of the moon, really. Matter a fact, it’s all far. Some sides are just farther than others. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remarkable-images-of-moon-passing-in-front-of-earth/747737/45 "2016-03-09T03:39:36Z")
The rear of the moon? Or mooning with your rear? ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remarkable-images-of-moon-passing-in-front-of-earth/747737/46 "2016-03-09T05:09:25Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > The neat thing about that image is that it’s showing you the so-called _far side_ of the moon fully lit by sunlight. > [@CalMeacham](#): > > Either is “so-called”. But “Dark Side” is, I think, misused in this context. No, the “dark side” of the moon _is_ the far side of the moon (i.e. the side we don’t normally see from Earth), regardless of actual exposure to sunlight. That’s why it would have been correct to observe the apparent contradiction in the “so-called dark side of the moon being lit by sunlight”. You had the essence of the paradox, but blew it by using the wrong term. ---
**Author:** ![eburacum45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum45/32/8690_2.png) [@eburacum45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum45)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remarkable-images-of-moon-passing-in-front-of-earth/747737/47 "2016-03-09T15:17:53Z")
Curiously enough, the albedo of the far side is slightly higher than the albedo of the near side, since it has fewer dark albedo features. So it should be called the ‘less Dark side’. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remarkable-images-of-moon-passing-in-front-of-earth/747737/48 "2016-03-09T16:40:00Z")
“You know, the New Testament is pretty old. I think they should call them the Old Testament and the Most Recent Testament.” - Steven Wright ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remarkable-images-of-moon-passing-in-front-of-earth/747737/49 "2016-03-09T23:31:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > “You know, the New Testament is pretty old. I think they should call them the Old Testament and the Most Recent Testament.” - Steven Wright The church of LDS wants a word with you… ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remarkable-images-of-moon-passing-in-front-of-earth/747737/50 "2016-03-10T00:35:35Z")
How about the Tall, Grande, and Vente Testaments? 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remarkable-images-of-moon-passing-in-front-of-earth/747737.md?page=2)