Seems to me that a "trailed" crescent might well show as a near-sphere, especially since it's overexposed and the flare would add to the roundness. I don't see any fakery here. -Bill On Friday, October 8, 2004, at 05:52 PM, john frost wrote: > Kent is right. An exposure long enough to trail the stars would have > trailed the moon. And quarter moon *is* cresent. Good job catching that > error, Kent. I been doing astronomy for 40 years and it went right over > the top of my head, which is purty low now...... > > john (:>))) > > Jim Brick wrote: > >> At 07:18 AM 10/8/2004, Garry D. Lewis wrote: >> >> >>> No details of how it was made, but I do admit it IS a cool picture-- >>> >>> http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap041007.html >> >> >> >> ??? >> >> Directly below the photograph is a complete and clear explanation... >> >> :-) >> >> Jim >> >> ====================================================================== >> ======================================= >> To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to >> your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when >> you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. >> > > ======================================================================= > ====================================== > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to > your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you > subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. > ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.