http://www.starstryder.com/2008/03/10/selene-at-the-moon/ Blogging one sidereal day at a time Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:26:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.starstryder.com/2008/03/10/selene-at-the-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-23927 Joseph Starbuck Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:24:18 +0000 http://www.starstryder.com/2008/03/10/selene-at-the-moon/#comment-23927 I found the answer - the image I was looking at is of an "EARTH-SETTING" not "EARTH-RISING", which means we are looking at the orbiter as it swings back under the moon and heads away from the earth. Well, I'm glad the pictures now look correct! I found the answer – the image I was looking at is of an “EARTH-SETTING” not “EARTH-RISING”, which means we are looking at the orbiter as it swings back under the moon and heads away from the earth. Well, I’m glad the pictures now look correct!

]]> http://www.starstryder.com/2008/03/10/selene-at-the-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-23924 Joseph Starbuck Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:55:01 +0000 http://www.starstryder.com/2008/03/10/selene-at-the-moon/#comment-23924 I found an error in the SELENE photograph which seems to indicate it is not genuine. If you look carefully, you will notice two things: 1) The earth has a shadow on the RIGHT side of the planet, and 2) Australia is inverted indicating we are looking at the earth from a South-pole perspective. If you look at a moon chart for Nov. 14th, 2007, you will see that these two facts are not consistent with each other. Here’s a very simple way to see it: First, go to the following link: http://homepages.maxnet.co.nz/creation/moon.html There you will find a picture that shows the four main phases of the moon from the perspective of the Southern Hemisphere. According to any moon-phase chart, on the 14th of Nov. 2007, the moon was just passing a New Moon, and was on its way to a First Quarter. At that position, when viewing the moon from the earth, the light is on the left, and when viewing the earth from the moon, the light is on the right (so the earth’s shadow is on the left). When looking at the SELENE rising-earth photo, it is 100% clear that Australia is inverted, so we are definitely looking at the earth from a South-pole orientation. And it is 100% clear that the growing shadow on the earth is ON THE RIGHT, not the left where it should be. Any comments? I found an error in the SELENE photograph which seems to indicate it is not genuine. If you look carefully, you will notice two things: 1) The earth has a shadow on the RIGHT side of the planet, and 2) Australia is inverted indicating we are looking at the earth from a South-pole perspective. If you look at a moon chart for Nov. 14th, 2007, you will see that these two facts are not consistent with each other. Here’s a very simple way to see it: First, go to the following link: http://homepages.maxnet.co.nz/creation/moon.html
There you will find a picture that shows the four main phases of the moon from the perspective of the Southern Hemisphere. According to any moon-phase chart, on the 14th of Nov. 2007, the moon was just passing a New Moon, and was on its way to a First Quarter. At that position, when viewing the moon from the earth, the light is on the left, and when viewing the earth from the moon, the light is on the right (so the earth’s shadow is on the left). When looking at the SELENE rising-earth photo, it is 100% clear that Australia is inverted, so we are definitely looking at the earth from a South-pole orientation. And it is 100% clear that the growing shadow on the earth is ON THE RIGHT, not the left where it should be. Any comments?

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