@ivonalanna to Comic Strips • 3 months agoThe Darkest Thingimagemessage-square21arrow-up1367arrow-down110
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minus-squareDwemthy (he/him)linkfedilinkEnglish4•3 months agoIt’s a lunar eclipse, the Earth is eclipsing the moon, preventing it from reflecting the light of the sun
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•edit-23 months agoA lunar eclipse usually results in a red moon, since the moon is lit with red light from all the sunsets on Earth simultaneously It’s not in pure shadow, since the Earth’s atmosphere acts as a lens and bends some of the light inward towards the moon
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•3 months agoBut it clearly doesn’t depict a lunar eclipse
minus-square@morphballganonlink3•3 months agoOh right, the clean lines threw me off. Lunar eclipse shadows are much more diffuse.
It’s a lunar eclipse, the Earth is eclipsing the moon, preventing it from reflecting the light of the sun
A lunar eclipse usually results in a red moon, since the moon is lit with red light from all the sunsets on Earth simultaneously
It’s not in pure shadow, since the Earth’s atmosphere acts as a lens and bends some of the light inward towards the moon
But it clearly says lunar eclipse
But it clearly doesn’t depict a lunar eclipse
Oh right, the clean lines threw me off. Lunar eclipse shadows are much more diffuse.