On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 17:33:04 -0000, "Ed Astle"
wrote:

"Pete Lawrence" wrote in message
.. .
Anyone notice something odd about the main picture...


http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/m...ollection.shtm
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Pete
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CCD/digicam astronomy

It's obviously visible to the naked eye. What a glaring mistake!
Regards,
Ed

Lunar Eclipse - Ian Law

This shows a gibbous phased Moon. The shadow is concave (it's not the
shadow of the Earth - it's the shadow of the Moon itself - i.e. the
terminator).

A lunar eclipse cannot possibly occur during the gibbous phase shown.


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Pete
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