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[quote=Guest post_id=283784 time=1530603464]
Surely 'underexposed' not 'overexposed'? Words matter.
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They sure do and the writer meant overexposed...
“ an exposure fast enough to freeze the airplane AND not overexpose the Moon ”
The exposure had to be fast enough so it didn’t overexpose the moon like a slower speed would.

Can I please buy a ticket on that plane?

[quote=De58te post_id=283787 time=1530611308 user_id=141631]
Nice picture but this view is something that always puzzles me about astronomy. Why does the Moon face different ways in different parts of the world? I think I identified the Sea of Crisis or Mare Crisium, but why is it directly under the Moon's North Pole? In my part of the world, the Great Lakes Region, Mare Crisium looks like it is northeast of east. Much more closer to East than the Moon's North Pole.
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Watch the Moon over 12 hours, from rise to set. Its axis of rotation necessarily rotates with respect to the horizon by about 180°. [i]When [/i]you take a picture is more important then [i]where [/i]when considering the apparent angle of the Moon's face.

As we move from latitudes from the north to the south, the image of the Moon rotates counter-clockwise against the background of the sky by a geometric construction by the visual

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hxibHJOE5E

Or something a bit more contemporary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXBiPY8wDT0

Nice picture but this view is something that always puzzles me about astronomy. Why does the Moon face different ways in different parts of the world? I think I identified the Sea of Crisis or Mare Crisium, but why is it directly under the Moon's North Pole? In my part of the world, the Great Lakes Region, Mare Crisium looks like it is northeast of east. Much more closer to East than the Moon's North Pole.

Surely 'underexposed' not 'overexposed'? Words matter.

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