[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

In a message dated 1/27/2005 6:02:50 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The Astronomy Picture of the Day page for 27 January 2005 has an interesting photograph of "Shadow Set," also known as "The Belt of Venus."


http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

What is the earth's shadow displayed ON?
All shadows of which I'm familiar don't exist unless they show up on some surface.
The earth's atmosphere is the background necessary to display this band?
Interesting indeed!


keith

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Kewl. And... I never knew that.

Marnie aka Doe New fact of the day.



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