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Earthshine

By Janice VanCleave

Question: What does earthshine mean? Answer: The photo of the Moon at the right shows a lighted crescent shape plus the remaining part of the Moon can barely be seen. This shadowy section of the Moon can be seen because of earthshine, which means a faint light reflected from Earth’s surface lights up the darkened […]

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