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the reply to my response - I think he doesnt like me
as I replied and the response....................
"Congratulations on a great image, however, should the Northern Hemisphere perspectives finish on the “artificial horizon” where anything south of that doesn’t exist!!! There is another hemisphere that seems to have been completely forgotten. What if Australia or Brazil, Chille, New Zealand were the hub of the world and everything was orientated to suit our perspectives from the “Southern” Skies and our view was jammed down your throats as the “correct” and only way of viewing and we completely disregarded the way things look for you!! Really, you could add to that that to solar observations too, but that is another story. My point is don’t ignore the “other” hemisphere. Just because some guys decreed in 1960 to say this is it, no other ideas will be accepted and thats the rule! I think the the “modern” way of observing the moon should be adopted, ie walk outside, look up and accept that the moon will look different from every point on the longitude, with repect to the lattitude.
Comment by h0ughy — December 7, 2006 @ 3:23 pm
h0ughy- Righto! As I said in comment 2 above the look varies from hemisphere to hemisphere and where the Moon is in the sky. Before the internet, mapmakers and book publishers had to chose which orientation to use for their one presentation. The only thing we can say in favor of N up is that is the way it is done for all planetary maps, not just the Earth. But I bet, if most people on Earth lived in the southern hemisphere that the standard orientation would be S up!
Comment by chuckwood — December 7, 2006 @ 5:36 pm"
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