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So the moon who is putting off enough light to easily illuminate these clouds 230,000+ miles away. That light would not be seen as engulfing any object on the moons surface in reflected light.
Tom 1, if you know about light and shadows so much, explain how a moon, that is supposedly 3500 km in diameter, casts a 114 km shadow on the earth.If someone shone a bright light at you from a kilometre away on a completely dark night, would you perceive it in the same way as you would in the middle of the day, in bright sunlight? If not, why not?
Tom 1, if you know about light and shadows so much, explain how a moon, that is supposedly 3500 km in diameter, casts a 114 km shadow on the earth.
Any object that blocks a light source will cast a shadow equal to (if the object is very close to the surface the shadow is projected to) or larger than the actual object.
An object cannot cast a shadow smaller than itself.
Nice try. That works great in a diagram where the proportions of the sun, moon and earth are not maintained. Yes, the sun is much larger, however, look up and, as viewed from earth, it is exactly the same size as the moon. This voids the whole "the sun is bigger" idea. The diagram should show the sun and moon the same size.I don’t ‘know so much’ about light and shadow. These things are basic. The moon is round, the sun is very very big. When the moon is between the sun and the earth, the shadow forms a cone. The sun’s light extrudes around it.
Nice try. That works great in a diagram where the proportions of the sun, moon and earth are not maintained. Yes, the sun is much larger, however, look up and, as viewed from earth, it is exactly the same size as the moon. This voids the whole "the sun is bigger" idea. The diagram should show the sun and moon the same size.
Either way, an object always casts a shadow that is larger than itself.
Not to you.... That's why you think our huge moon can cast a small shadow.This makes absolutely no sense.
Of course not. Battery died.So your theory is that the moon is dark because the lights are tuned off on that part?
Not to you.... That's why you think our huge moon can cast a small shadow.
Just try it with a flashlight and a ball. Try and make the ball cast a shadow that is smaller than itself.
Not to you.... That's why you think our huge moon can cast a small shadow.
Just try it with a flashlight and a ball. Try and make the ball cast a shadow that is smaller than itself.
So, I guess you didn't try the flashlight and a small round object then. If you did, you would realize that your post makes no sense.The wall of light coming from the sun doesn’t somehow shrink down or get ‘smaller’ as it passes through space. Your notion that it being ‘far away’ somehow makes a difference is just a basic error, as is the notion that the moon’s shadow could somehow disappear entirely. You’re just plucking random ideas out of the air. The way the moon’s shadow is cast is fixed - big light source, round moon, cone shadow. However much you might want to wish that away, you can’t.
So, I guess you didn't try the flashlight and a small round object then. If you did, you would realize that your post makes no sense.
If someone shone a bright light at you from a kilometre away on a completely dark night, would you perceive it in the same way as you would in the middle of the day, in bright sunlight? If not, why not?
I know you can see your idea is wrong.
All you have to do is pick up a flashlight and a marble or pea..... If you did this.. you would not be posting such assumptions.Is it worth the denial to save some online face? Drop the need to have the last word, however silly, you might find it life changing.
I love that video. What I like even more is people trying to explain it.
The late great Rob Skiba.
R.I.P. Rest in his presence.
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