people call it the ‘dark side of the moon’, but because it has almost no maria it’s technically brighter than the near side.
pink floyd lied to us all.
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sedna: the moon rotates once for every time it orbits the earth, which is why we only ever see the same side.
text: earth; tidal locking; moon; moon
sedna: for millions of years our ancestors could only see half of our closest neighbour…
sedna: …until we invented spaceships!
text: luna 3 (1959)
sedna: …now we have satellite pictures of the whole moon so detailed you can see the astronauts’ footpaths!
dini: why are we using a telescope then?