The moon does give light. Just because the sun gives a lot MORE light than the moon, it doesn't mean the moon doesn't give any. Same with the stars. There are nights when the moon and the stars shine so bright I can see shadows in the street on my way home.
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I'll give you stars (but certainly no ambient light or any amount that you'd notice shadows or even illumination of anything but the star), but no, we have absolute definitive proof that the moon does not produce light. You think during the various cycles the moon is just selectively illuminating!?
@David B: "OMG, IT'S SHRINKING! SOMETHING IS EATING OUR MOON!! RAPTURE? Oh, never mind, there's a new one."
Shadows at night, you say? Ever heard of a full moon? That's when the sun reflects the most amount sunlight off the lunar surface. Stars do produce their own light as they are very, very distant suns. The amount of light we receive from them is negligable. Go outside on a clear moonless (new moon) night where there is no artificial light and you will not see a shadow regardless of the number of stars you can see. This is not a difficult concept to grasp.
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The moon reflects light, and it's not even that good at THAT.
Isn't the rate of light reflection about 1/200000 that which the Sun originally produced?
Star Cluster wrote:
"Go outside on a clear moonless (new moon) night where there is no artificial light and you will not see a shadow regardless of the number of stars you can see." That's not always the case.
If Venus is out, and it's near the point in its orbit where it's brightest, Venus can be bright enough to cast visible shadows.
Of course, Venus isn't a star, and shines by reflected sunlight just like the moon does....
If you try not to read into the post and just look at it at face value the guy is technically correct.
Reflected light is light (energy) given off by the vibrations of electons in the reflecting material.
Though I don't think this is what he was getting at.
Science!
For some reason I imagine a juggalo christian, still covered in smeared clown makeup, typing this veeery slowly late at night. Like, realization! I can see shadows at night! Must write this in my blog for all to read.
I think the juggalo-thing just makes it more interesting to visualize.
But the moon is made of rock. And rock doesn't glow. Unless it's phosphorescent, in which case its makeup would be signifigantly different. Or it its something radioactive, like maybe uranium. In which case, we'd all be in a hell of a lot of trouble.
OH MY GOD! THE HUMANITY, THE HUUUUMANITY! This person, who is obviously completely, irrefutably fundamentalist, should be dragged out of his house and burnt alive, PUBLICALLY, IN THE NAME OF ENLIGHTENMENT! REMEMBER THIS DAY FELLOW ATHEISTS, THE PINK UNICORN IS WATCHING!
PS: Sorry for the caps, but seriously, isn't there enough real fundamentalism on the net for something like this to appear here? Try to remember; fanaticism doesn't neccessarily mean everything you personally disagree with, stupid.
So...what blocks the moon in a lunar eclipse? I mean, the sun blocks the moon in a lunar eclipse...and on that note, shouldn't the moon still be giving light then, rather than darkening the area? Why does it have phases? Does it just decide to shut off? Please, inquiring minds, want to know.
The moon reflects light, silly, it doesn't produce light. look weaker.
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