Today's Eclipse. Help me understand what I witnessed.
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When the moon is passing in front of the sun the dark side is facing us. And it is daytime. That is why you don't see it.
Add to that even though it is dark on a solid blue sky the mind is going to fill any empty space with that blue. When the moon and sun oppose the side facing earth is luminated.
As to the moon and sun not moving. Leaning against a post is not exactly a set foundation. He should have put his camera on a tripod, and then he would have had to track the progress across the sky.
There really isn't a black space to be filled. Space is black. The dark side of the moon is black. Its black on black. We just cant see all that black through the atmosphere during the day.
So space votes for Biden. Got it.
Hey, now. Space dindu nuffin'.
Similar as to why the moon looks bigger to us when it is near the horizon when you have objects to compare it to vs high up in the sky when we only have the stars to size it against.
The dark side of the moon NEVER faces the earth. It's in a state that they call "Tidal Lock". You and I can never see the dark side of the moon unless it's a picture taken from beyond or in orbit of the moon. Sometimes you can see the moon during the daylight if the conditions are right, but usually the sunlight washes it out from view.
The dark side of the moon and the side facing away from us are not necessarily the same location. When the moon is a crescent, part of the side facing away from us is being lit.
If the side of the moon that is dark was always facing away from us we would never see anything but a full moon. The moon is tidally locked with the earth, so one side is always facing away from us, but the same side of the moon is not always darkened.