Difference between revisions of "August 25, 2008"

From LPOD
Jump to: navigation, search
(Created page with "__NOTOC__ =The Dark of the Moon= <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:1:<h1> --> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextLocalImageRule:7:<img src="/file/view/LPOD-Aug25-08.jpg/35924...")
 
 
(4 intermediate revisions by one other user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
 
__NOTOC__
 
__NOTOC__
 
=The Dark of the Moon=
 
=The Dark of the Moon=
 +
<!-- Start of content -->
 
<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:1:&lt;h1&gt; -->
 
<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:1:&lt;h1&gt; -->
 
<!-- ws:start:WikiTextLocalImageRule:7:&lt;img src=&quot;/file/view/LPOD-Aug25-08.jpg/35924167/LPOD-Aug25-08.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot; /&gt; -->[[File:LPOD-Aug25-08.jpg|LPOD-Aug25-08.jpg]]<!-- ws:end:WikiTextLocalImageRule:7 --><br />
 
<!-- ws:start:WikiTextLocalImageRule:7:&lt;img src=&quot;/file/view/LPOD-Aug25-08.jpg/35924167/LPOD-Aug25-08.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot; /&gt; -->[[File:LPOD-Aug25-08.jpg|LPOD-Aug25-08.jpg]]<!-- ws:end:WikiTextLocalImageRule:7 --><br />
Line 12: Line 13:
 
07/24/2008. C8 (203/2032) + Reducer f/6.3 + Canon EOS 400D<br />
 
07/24/2008. C8 (203/2032) + Reducer f/6.3 + Canon EOS 400D<br />
 
<br />
 
<br />
<strong>Related Links</strong><br />
+
<hr />
Albedo [/discussion discussion]<br />
 
 
<br />
 
<br />
<hr />
+
<p><b>Yesterday's LPOD:</b> [[August 24, 2008|Who Says You Can't Have It All?]] </p>
<!-- Removed reference to store page -->
+
<p><b>Tomorrow's LPOD:</b> [[August 28, 2008|Wings Over the Moon]] </p>
 +
<!-- End of content -->
 
{{wiki/ArticleFooter}}
 
{{wiki/ArticleFooter}}

Latest revision as of 21:22, 27 October 2018

The Dark of the Moon

LPOD-Aug25-08.jpg
image by Quentin Déhais, Normandy, France

When I first glanced at Quentin's image of a plane in the same field as the Moon I thought that LPOD has had enough of these and there is nothing new to say. And I thought that I'd need to lighten the Moon if the image was used. But then I realized that the Sun is shining on both the plane and the Moon, and thus the Moon really is dark. Of course, I know that. The Moon's average albedo or reflectivity is only 11%, which is a pretty deep gray. But knowing it and viscerally understanding are different; this image dramatically illustrates it.

Chuck Wood

Technical Details
07/24/2008. C8 (203/2032) + Reducer f/6.3 + Canon EOS 400D



Yesterday's LPOD: Who Says You Can't Have It All?

Tomorrow's LPOD: Wings Over the Moon


COMMENTS?

Register, Log in, and join in the comments.