Definitely not a lunar eclipse. Besides the reason you give, lunar eclipses take place at the full moon, resulting in direct, flat light on the moon. But the craters in this picture have shadows to one side, consistent with the apparent phase.
On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 1:28 PM, Igor PDML-StR <pdml...@komkon.org> wrote: > > ... or rather the photo title. > > While looking at the moon photos of Peter Lik, I've found one > more photo that I suspect to be fake. Well, not the photo itself, but what > it claims to be. > http://www.lik.com/thework/clouds-skies-stars/lunareclipse.html > > This one is titled "Lunar eclipse". My claim is that it is not an eclipse. > Rather, it is just one of the lunar phases. > An eclipse is a shadow of the Earth. So, the dark-light boundary has a > circular shape, not a straight one as here. > The straight line is consistent with the light source (sun) being > on the right, at about 90 degrees. > > > See lunar eclipse photos here: > https://www.space.com/25488-total-lunar-eclipse-photos-april-2014.html > (you'd need to "click-scroll" to the right to #4, 5, 7) > or here: > https://www.space.com/11963-unusual-long-total-lunar-eclipse > -full-moon.html > > > I wonder what PDML astro-enthusiaststs think about that? > > Igor > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
