I don't think so. It seems to me that with a quarter moon, the disk would still have a flattened side and be oblong. --- Bill Stephenson <photographica@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. > _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com ============================================================================================================= 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.