Wanna see the dark side of the moon?

[Gracie]

http://features.aol.com/video/nasa-camera-captures-dark-side-moon?icid=aol|carousel|dl1

We never get to see that side. Now we can catch a glimpse.

 

[mamooth]

We tend to forget the moon is dark gray in color, because we only see it shining at night, when it's the brightest thing around.

 

[danielpalos]

a pair of observatories on the dark side would be nice.

 

[foggedinn]

Y'all do realize that it is near side and far side? Both sides see the sun. We only see one side.

 

[danielpalos]

darn; i guess i got lied to again.

 

[Vikrant]

Once upon a time, Moon used to be part of Earth.

 

[norwegen]

. . . and moon pie a part of my girth.

 

[Moonglow]

And if the dam breaks open many years too soon
And if there is no room upon the hill
And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon.
Brain Damage~Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon...

 

[Vikrant]

Moon's gravitational pull is quite considerable. I won't be surprised if you happen to be at wrong time and wrong place, your brain will feel the pull

 

[Zoom-boing]

Always remember the moon is a sunlit object. Expose accordingly.

The earth is such a pretty blue marble, isn't it?

 

[Moonglow]

The space aliens(non-hispanic) hide on the far side...

 

[ScienceRocks]

The space aliens(non-hispanic) hide on the far side...

No, wonder we can see them coming

 

[mamooth]

Summer of Science - The Moon Passed in Front of the Earth. Why Wasn t There an Eclipse - NYTimes.com
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The spacecraft, called Dscovr for short, is not exactly at L1, but instead circles around it. (That makes sense, because there are four spacecraft at L1, and one would not want them to smash into one another.)

Adam Szabo, the NASA scientist in charge of Dscovr's Earth-facing camera, said via email, "As the small sliver of shadow at the right edge of the moon shows, Dscovr is about 5 degrees away from the sun-Earth line. Thus, when the moon is between Dscovr and Earth, it is not exactly between the sun and Earth, so no eclipse."

But imagine the amazing images Dscovr will capture during the next partial solar eclipse, on Sept. 13, and total solar eclipse, on March 9 next year.
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