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StayYou61 t1_iy6hbtt wrote

Pink Floyd would have had to specify the dark side of which moon.

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Just_Michael1138 t1_iy6j5xx wrote

The Dark Side of Moon Two, by Pink Floyd. Available in all your finer Mandela's near you.

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foo-fighting-badger t1_iy7awk8 wrote

unless the other moon isn't tidally locked

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ronnyhugo t1_iy9gere wrote

When the moon is half-full, half the far side of the moon is in fact a part of the light side of the moon.

How did people ever start mistaking "dark side" for being "far side"?

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Connect_Eye_5470 t1_iy9stld wrote

Because it never receives any reflected light from Earth, thus from our perpsective it is the 'dark side'.

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ronnyhugo t1_iych9dl wrote

All that shiny moon stuff is 99.9999% from the sun. Otherwise we'd never have any dark bits of the moon towards us, would we? :P Its not like the moon actually gets carved in half when half of it is dark, its still there, it just doesn't get sunlight! :P

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ronnyhugo t1_iy9fz1h wrote

I wish people used "far side of the moon" when they mean the far side that is never seen. Because there is light there.

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