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Old 12-05-2015, 07:08 AM
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The Dark Ocean on the Moon

The Moon is a lot darker than most people think...

http://www.astropix.com/moon_dark_quarter.html

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Old 12-05-2015, 08:16 AM
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Great image Jerry, and interesting comments.

Thanks for sharing.
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Old 12-05-2015, 09:46 PM
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Beautiful moon photo Jerry and an informative story.

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The Moon is a lot darker than most people think...

http://www.astropix.com/moon_dark_quarter.html

Jerry
"There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it's all dark."

(Great photo, by the way!)
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Old 14-05-2015, 07:40 PM
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I'd be interested in seeing a photo exposed/processed so that a region with 12% reflectance has a brightness value 12% of the maximum etc so we can get a more objective look of the moons surface.
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Amazing image Jerry.

How did you get the clickable identifications?

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