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herodotustoday at 3:46 PM4 repliesview on HN

I am curious. If it is on the far side, where does the light come from for the photos? Other stars?


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nkrisctoday at 3:49 PM

The moon is tidally locked with the Earth, which means the same side always faces the Earth. So, for example, when the moon is between the Earth and the sun, the far side (from the perspective of Earth) would be fully illuminated by the sun.

The “far side” of the moon refers to the hemisphere that can’t be seen from Earth.

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kzrdudetoday at 8:08 PM

The other well publicized photo they did was of the dark side of the earth (it was night), so same idea(?)

phantom784today at 3:47 PM

The sun still. It's just that that side never points towards the earth, but it still gets sunlight. Same as how the side we see isn't fully lit except during a full moon.

ziftfacetoday at 3:47 PM

The sun