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Re:NASA Camera Shows Moon Crossing Face of Earth for 2nd Tim... by Fry-kun on Monday July 11, 2016 @10:53PM (#12076425)
Awesome shots! Because of the particular angles & distances, it looks like the moon is almost grinding against us! Of course, that's just an optical illusion; the actual distance & proportions are more like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_distance_(astronomy)#/me...
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Re:NASA Camera Shows Moon Crossing Face of Earth for 2nd Tim... by sp332 on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @09:27AM (#12078757)
The moon is about 1/4 as far away from earth as the camera is. The camera always sees the sunny side of the earth - neat trick! http://epic.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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