Carol L
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07/03/09 12:09 AM
Re: terminator shadowing question

Makes me wonder how long it would take a star to gradually fade away in our atmosphere when viewed from space. Anyone know if we've ever filmed a star being occulted by the Earth, maybe from a lunar orbiter or another craft? Not too sure if the Apollo missions left any image transmitting devices on the surface, but i imagine filming would have to be done during lunar night to escape the the skywash.. or would it, seeing as there's no atmosphere?


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