You ’re look at a sensational instance of something astronomer and uranologist foretell “ Earthshine . ” fuck by some as “ the old Moon in the novel Moon ’s arm , ” Earthshine is a phenomenon first officially described by Leonardo da Vincisome 500 years ago .
Da Vinci wrote :
Some have believed that the moon has some Light Within of its own , but this opinion is false , for they have base it upon that glimmer seeable in the centre between the horns of the newfangled moon … this brightness at such a time being derive from our ocean and the other inland seas — for they are at that time illuminated by the sun , which is then on the breaker point of setting , in such a way that the sea then performs the same authority for the dark side of the moonshine as the moon when at the full does for us when the sunlight is arrange … .
That ’s right — what you see here is a Moon straighten out not only straight off , by the Sun ( the shiny , glowing crescent ) , but indirectly by sunlight speculate off the Earth ( the purple luminescence of Moon ’s surface that is typically shrouded in darkness ) .
This exceptional picture was get on March 20th by photographer M. Taha Ghouchkanlu from Esfahan , Iran . you may read more about Earthshineover on NASA . You ’ll find a hi - re version of the photo up topby clicking here .
[ M Taha Ghouchkanlu viaNASA ]
Earthshine diagram viaAstro Bob
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