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Swede’s Photographs
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Moon 20250807

August 7
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 97%

#moon

"The Moon fills the frame like a celestial monument—silent, ancient, and intricately scarred. Its surface is a tapestry of craters, ridges, and plains, each etched by time and cosmic impact. Some craters are deep and shadowed, like sunken eyes in a weathered face, while others are shallow and wide, their rims softened by eons of dust and silence. The texture is rough and pitted, yet strangely elegant, like stone carved by invisible hands. Light falls across the lunar surface at a gentle angle, casting long shadows that accentuate the terrain’s depth and drama. The highlands gleam faintly, while the darker maria—vast basaltic plains—stretch like ancient scars across the Moon’s face. There’s no color here, only shades of gray and silver, but the contrast is rich and expressive, revealing the Moon’s layered history. The image feels both intimate and immense, as if the viewer is hovering just above this distant world, close enough to trace its contours with a fingertip. In the bottom left corner, the credit “Swede’s Photographs” is quietly inscribed, grounding this cosmic portrait in human artistry." - Copilot
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So that illumination is all earthlight?

Swede’s Photographs
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@Benhm3@mastodon.social

I suppose there’s earthlight—or more accurately, earthshine—but you can’t see it in this image. As you know, the Moon is illuminated by sunlight. When it’s a crescent, you can sometimes make out the faint outline of the dark portion. That subtle glow is called earthshine, caused by sunlight reflecting off Earth and softly lighting the Moon’s night side.