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Old April 7th 06, 05:13 AM posted to sci.space.moderated
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Default Enormous hole around moon on 09/02/06

kapow wrote:

Try to get someone to explain why we only see one side of the moon



What he saw was a textbook-perfect case of a "moondog" -lunar light
being refracted by ice crystals in the upper atmosphere.
Nothing strange about that at all, I've seen it myself dozens of times.
It's not common, but does occur at the more northern latitudes from time
to time.

Pat
(North Dakota)