Myth: The moon has a dark side
01/01/07 00:00 Filed in: Science
Does the moon have a dark
side?
Myth
The side of the moon that is facing away from the Earth is in permanent darkness, hence the name.
Reality
With the exception of the Pink Floyd album of the same name, the idea of the “dark side of the moon” is totally erroneous.
Of course, that doesn’t actually stop film makers representing it as dark.
The reality is that the term “dark side” only really refers to our understanding of the nature of the moon. In space, the “far side”, as it should really be known, gets equal if not greater solar rays upon it’s dusty grey surface.
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