Have you ever looked at the thin
crescent Moon and seen a ghostly light on the unilluminated portion of the
Moon? If so, you've seen "earthshine", light reflected from the sunlit Earth
to the dark Moon, faintly illuminating it.
Exposure Data
Lens: Meade ETX (1250mm)
Mount: Vixen New Polaris
F-Stop: 13.9
Exposure: 30 seconds
Film: Kodak Elite Chrome 200, pushed two stops to ISO 640
Filter: none
Date: 30-December 2000
Location: Nalaguraidhoo Island, Republic of Maldives
