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by almanac
Tue Jun 20, 2006 4:52 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Hideaway (APOD 20 Jun 2006)
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Hideaway - more science flaws

A beautiful rendition to be sure... Nice idea about post-sunset and Venus! A few extra nit-picky science flaws: 1) an airless Moon will not show a 180 degree arc at small elongations from the illuminating body. The crater rims on/near the limb cast shadows reducing the surface brightness (or elimina...