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Robert J Sakimano wrote:I walked outside with a group of colleagues and everyone seemed collectively underwhelmed.
I blame the internet.
Are those the same colleagues fascinated by Cheese Whiz and hot fudge fountains?
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The Pantry wrote:Both mom & dad falcon seem a little agitated.
You would be to if some dude calling himself The Pantry was stalking you on the Internet.
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Sorry to learn you're animal hater.Turtleneck wrote:The Pantry wrote:Both mom & dad falcon seem a little agitated.
You would be to if some dude calling himself The Pantry was stalking you on the Internet.
Is it because they're all faster than you?
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possibly, but they're all smarter than I am, so...Turtleneck wrote:Robert J Sakimano wrote:I walked outside with a group of colleagues and everyone seemed collectively underwhelmed.
I blame the internet.
Are those the same colleagues fascinated by Cheese Whiz and hot fudge fountains?
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Robert J Sakimano wrote:possibly, but they're all smarter than I am, so...Turtleneck wrote:
Are those the same colleagues fascinated by Cheese Whiz and hot fudge fountains?
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We saw something similar in Bowling Green, but it was much higher in the sky and smaller. It was cool though, it got dark for the 4 minutes that the sun was blocked by the moon, and it looked just like that.
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The Pantry wrote:Okay, you got me.Rick Saunders wrote:
It does rotate.
Why does one side always face the sun?
It doesn't.
One side always faces the earth. The rotation of the moon takes exactly one revolution of the moon around the earth (tidal synchrony). The "dark" side of the moon is illuminated half the time. When you see a half moon, the other illuminated half is half of what you call the "dark" side. When the moon is new, the "dark" side is fully illuminated you just can't see that. A "day" on the moon lasts two weeks. Also, the side not facing the earth is made of green cheese.
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Learn something new everyday. Thanks!Rick Saunders wrote:The Pantry wrote:
Okay, you got me.
Why does one side always face the sun?
It doesn't.
One side always faces the earth. The rotation of the moon takes exactly one revolution of the moon around the earth (tidal synchrony). The "dark" side of the moon is illuminated half the time. When you see a half moon, the other illuminated half is half of what you call the "dark" side. When the moon is new, the "dark" side is fully illuminated you just can't see that. A "day" on the moon lasts two weeks. Also, the side not facing the earth is made of green cheese.
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exactly.Turtleneck wrote:Robert J Sakimano wrote: possibly, but they're all smarter than I am, so...
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The Pantry wrote:Learn something new everyday. Thanks!Rick Saunders wrote:
It doesn't.
One side always faces the earth. The rotation of the moon takes exactly one revolution of the moon around the earth (tidal synchrony). The "dark" side of the moon is illuminated half the time. When you see a half moon, the other illuminated half is half of what you call the "dark" side. When the moon is new, the "dark" side is fully illuminated you just can't see that. A "day" on the moon lasts two weeks. Also, the side not facing the earth is made of green cheese.
Indeed. One of the things that make life worth living.
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If I can just add to this great concise explanation by Rick, the use of the term "dark" side of the moon is meant in the same context as the Dark Ages, referring to to not having much information on it, rather than a lack of light. No person had ever laid on eyes on it until the 1960s, and if someone lands a craft there, it can't be communicated with directly (would need a relay satellite orbiting the moon, which I believe is exactly what China did after being the first to ever land a craft there a few years ago).Rick Saunders wrote:The Pantry wrote:
Okay, you got me.
Why does one side always face the sun?
It doesn't.
One side always faces the earth. The rotation of the moon takes exactly one revolution of the moon around the earth (tidal synchrony). The "dark" side of the moon is illuminated half the time. When you see a half moon, the other illuminated half is half of what you call the "dark" side. When the moon is new, the "dark" side is fully illuminated you just can't see that. A "day" on the moon lasts two weeks. Also, the side not facing the earth is made of green cheese.
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Rick Saunders wrote:The Pantry wrote:
Okay, you got me.
Why does one side always face the sun?
It doesn't.
One side always faces the earth. The rotation of the moon takes exactly one revolution of the moon around the earth (tidal synchrony). The "dark" side of the moon is illuminated half the time. When you see a half moon, the other illuminated half is half of what you call the "dark" side. When the moon is new, the "dark" side is fully illuminated you just can't see that. A "day" on the moon lasts two weeks. Also, the side not facing the earth is made of green cheese.
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Jake from State Farm wrote:Now this is how life should be. Everyone sitting outside in lawnchairs and staring at the sun.
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MiamiSpartan wrote:
the use of the term "dark" side of the moon is meant in the same context as the Dark Ages, referring to to not having much information on it, rather than a lack of light.
Interesting. You learn something new every day.
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DWags wrote:You know, my dad and I made a solar system with a styrofoam base wooden skewers and styrofoam balls and paint.when I was in 6th grade. I remember a lot of nights arguing with him about size and aesthetics. Don’t remember my grade or much about the paper I had to write with it, but I remember doing it with the guy. That was cool.
Arguments about size and aesthetics have kept men awake for generations.
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The big question is...did you make it to scale?DWags wrote:You know, my dad and I made a solar system with a styrofoam base wooden skewers and styrofoam balls and paint.when I was in 6th grade. I remember a lot of nights arguing with him about size and aesthetics. Don’t remember my grade or much about the paper I had to write with it, but I remember doing it with the guy. That was cool.
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