by neufer » Fri Jun 07, 2013 3:57 pm
bystander wrote:TheMiddaySun wrote:
Am I the only one to recognize that the moon was rotating?? The moon does not rotate on its axis. We are presented with the same face of the moon at all times. Hence the saying..."Dark Side of the Moon"
The "far side of the Moon" (the side not facing Earth) is not the "dark side of the Moon". The side not facing the Sun is always changing. That is why we get Lunar phases.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_side_of_the_Moon wrote:
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The dark side of the Moon can refer to the far side of the Moon that is permanently turned away from the Earth (although it receives approximately the same amount of light as the near side of the moon)>>
Dark, a. [OE. dark, derk, deork, AS. dearc, deorc; cf. Gael. & Ir. dorch, dorcha, dark, black, dusky.]
1. Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color; not light-colored; as, a dark room; a dark day; dark cloth; dark paint; a dark complexion.
2. Not clear to the understanding; not easily through; obscure; mysterious; hidden. 
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- Love's Labour's Lost Act 5, Scene 2
ROSALINE: What's your dark meaning, mouse, of this light word?
KATHARINE: A light condition in a beauty dark.
ROSALINE: We need more light to find your meaning out.
KATHARINE: You'll mar the light by taking it in snuff;
Therefore I'll darkly end the argument.
ROSALINE: Look what you do, you do it still i' the dark.
KATHARINE: So do not you, for you are a light wench.
ROSALINE: Indeed I weigh not you, and therefore light.
[quote="bystander"][quote="TheMiddaySun"]
Am I the only one to recognize that the moon was rotating?? The moon does not rotate on its axis. We are presented with the same face of the moon at all times. Hence the saying..."Dark Side of the Moon"[/quote]
The "far side of the Moon" (the side not facing Earth) is not the "dark side of the Moon". The side not facing the Sun is always changing. That is why we get Lunar phases.[/quote][float=right][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/52/Darkestafrica.JPG[/img][/float][quote=" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_side_of_the_Moon"]
<<[b][color=#0000FF]The dark side of the Moon [u]can refer to the far side of the Moon that is permanently turned away from the Earth[/u][/color][/b] (although it receives approximately the same amount of light as the near side of the moon)>>[/quote]
[b][color=#0000FF]Dark[/color][/b], a. [OE. dark, derk, deork, AS. dearc, deorc; cf. Gael. & Ir. dorch, dorcha, dark, black, dusky.]
1. Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color; not light-colored; as, a dark room; a dark day; dark cloth; dark paint; a dark complexion.
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2. [u]Not clear to the understanding; not easily through; obscure; mysterious; hidden[/u].[/color][/b] :arrow:
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[list][list]Love's Labour's Lost Act 5, Scene 2[/list]
ROSALINE: What's your dark meaning, mouse, of this light word?
KATHARINE: A light condition in a beauty dark.
ROSALINE: We need more light to find your meaning out.
KATHARINE: You'll mar the light by taking it in snuff;
Therefore I'll darkly end the argument.
ROSALINE: Look what you do, you do it still i' the dark.
KATHARINE: So do not you, for you are a light wench.
ROSALINE: Indeed I weigh not you, and therefore light.[/list]