http://www.videosift.com/video/Lunar-Transit-of-Earth-as-seen-by-EPOXI VideoSift: Online Video *Quality Control (2 comments listed) en 2009 videosift.com Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:36:47 -0700 http://www.varocms.com http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 10 http://static1.videosift.com/cdm/sifter_small.gifhttp://www.videosift.com/video/Lunar-Transit-of-Earth-as-seen-by-EPOXI http://www.videosift.com/video/Lunar-Transit-of-Earth-as-seen-by-EPOXI#comment-465526 <img src="http://static1.videosift.com/avatars/s/shuac-s.jpg?1" width="40" height="40" alt="" /><br />Raigen, you're a lunatic. Get it? Lunatic? Moon? Luna? Ooh, Ahh, Eee, my sides are sore. Very cool perspective, baby.<br /><br /> shuac (http://www.videosift.com/member/shuac)http://www.videosift.com/video/Lunar-Transit-of-Earth-as-seen-by-EPOXI#comment-465526 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:58:11 -0700 http://www.videosift.com/video/Lunar-Transit-of-Earth-as-seen-by-EPOXI#comment-465957 <img src="http://static1.videosift.com/avatars/d/deathcow-s.jpg?1237003185" width="40" height="40" alt="" /><br />One thing to take away from this is the apparent albedo (surface brightness) of the moon. The moon is sometimes described by astronomers as being roughly the color of an asphalt parking lot. However, if you suspend this "parking lot" in a dark Sun free sky and illuminate it with the unfettered force of the Sun, it looks quite bright white to our eyes. Here you see it, the color of the Moon.<br /><br /> deathcow (http://www.videosift.com/member/deathcow)http://www.videosift.com/video/Lunar-Transit-of-Earth-as-seen-by-EPOXI#comment-465957 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:36:47 -0700