Talk about perspective! Moon and Earth:

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150807.html

You can't get an image like that unless you are a few million miles from Earth!

Beautiful picture indeed.

Originally posted by Great King Rat
Beautiful picture indeed.

Don't miss the full animation:
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/from-a-million-miles-away-nasa-camera-shows-moon-crossing-face-of-earth

Originally posted by Mammy Blue
So the "Dark Side of the Moon" is not so dark to us anymore. (with apologies to Pink Floyd) 🙂

Originally posted by Shallow Blue
The dark side of the moon has always been dark and will always be dark, but whether the dark side is also the far side changes with time - once per lunar month.

Originally posted by Mammy Blue
So the "Dark Side of the Moon" is not so dark to us anymore.

Originally posted by FabianFnas
I don't get it... This is a joke and nothing more, right?
Because everyone knows that no side of the moon is constantly dark...

... the far side is also referred to as the dark side of the Moon, originally in the sense of "unknown" rather than lack of light.

Originally posted by twhitehead
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_side_of_the_Moon

... the far side is also referred to as the dark side of the Moon, originally in the sense of "unknown" rather than lack of light.

Originally posted by FabianFnas
I don't get it... This is a joke and nothing more, right?
Because everyone knows that no side of the moon is constantly dark...

Does everybody get it? You there in the corner? You ok with that?
No one else? 😀 Finis...