all photographed in a time span of 10 yearsπ±
Evidence : https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/photographer-marcella-giulia-pace-moon-colors
It's all marketing spam by Big Moon to sell more moon.
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That's how they can afford the second moon space station.
This is actually a conspiracy theory. Some people think there are two moons; the real one and a fake one that's actually a space station. They think that's the reason the moon rises and sets twice a day.
The space thing is so silly. Everyone knows there's one moon and one dwarf planet that the lizard people come from.
I'm upset that I can't find the theory anywhere anymore. I saw it on a list of weird conspiracies, but all of my attempts to look it up are flooded by moon landing conspiracies.
Geocities maybe?
I miss geocities :(
Me too. That was a good time.
i also miss when sites had a visitor counter and a guestbook! D: fuck I'm old.
OMFG! I forgot about guestbooks! Those were the days. I'm old too.
Thatβs how they getcha.
I'm going to take a swing at the moon reflects a relatively uniform spectrum of light from the sun but our varied atmospheric conditions can alter the refraction of that light.
The exception being when it is occluded by earth during a lunar eclipse and instead reflects spectrum of light that got by our atmosphere.
Yup. Always appears in shades of grey from Quebec, Canadaβ¦
That is sad. Sorry.
The moon does not change color. The atmosphere does, though.
π³οΈβπ ?
Luna inhabitants are much more advanced on society issues than we are
I remember this post from reddit. Such a good photography project
Mostly atmospheric effects, though you get some unique colors during a lunar eclipse.
I bet it always looks the same way from the space.
Except during a lunar eclipse.
part of the moon's light is not only reflected from the sun but also earth. there are also lots of variations of what dust or other weather that the sky contains.
part of the moon's light is not only reflected from the sun but also earth
Once in a blue moon.
"The Blood Moon rises once again."
Well, if you leave it out in the rain, youβll start to se corrosion appear. But a little vinegar and baking soda should clean it right up.
Idk where that purple one is coming from, though.
It changes color based on mood.
Why *does* the moon *appear* in so many colors?
Why does it always photograph so much smaller than it looks?
Because we automatically compare the moon with objects on the horizon and they makes it look big in our mind, but if you objectively compare it to the entire sky it's small.
I don't think that's all. A friend and I spent half an hour debating whether an object was the moon or a huge billboard, because it was aligned with a building on the horizon. But I took a picture and it wasn't nearly big enough to span the roof of the building we were looking at.
So that would be an argument for the focal length of the cameras being relevant I thimk? That seems rather plausible.
It's like morse code but using colours. A message from God that no one has yet to decipher. /s