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posted by janrinok on Friday August 07 2015, @09:21PM   Printer-friendly
from the say-Pink-Floyd dept.

We can't see the far side of the moon from Earth because the two bodies are tidally locked. NASA's Deep Space Climate Observatory has captured a series of pictures as the moon passed in front of the sunlit side of Earth and will keep doing so about twice a year:

The images, taken on 16 July, show the moon moving across the Pacific Ocean towards North America. Its far side is shown in detail owing to sunlight hitting it, revealing a crater and a large plain called the Mare Moscoviense.

[...] Associate Professor Michael Brown, an astronomer at Monash University, said the images of the far side of the moon were "captivating".

"It's unusual because you need a spacecraft that has gone beyond the moon to get a picture of the moon like this," he said. "This was taken around one million miles from Earth. We don't normally get that perspective."


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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by M. Baranczak on Saturday August 08 2015, @02:01AM

    by M. Baranczak (1673) on Saturday August 08 2015, @02:01AM (#219767)
    A little-known fact: if you put on "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" with the sound muted, and start playing "Dark Side of the Moon" at the same time, then you will not get laid.
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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 08 2015, @06:58AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 08 2015, @06:58AM (#219813)

    Godsdamnit. Why did no one tell me this before?
    Is there a cure?