Bong, Walter didn't say when he took the frowny face, and there's no Exif on the picture he posted, so it may not have been from this event. There was a frowny in the recent past I believe. But even if it was from this event, the difference isn't necessarily an up top vs down under distinction, although that is the reason why the moon is orientated differently to northern and southern viewers.
The moon travels relatively quickly against the slow moving background of planets and the fixed* background of stars. 24 hours prior to the smiley alignment the moon was too far apart from those planets to produce a recognizable face. Another half a day to when the USA reached night time would have seen the moon cross the line of those planets to get an upside-down smile (a frown). Additionally, there is a large physical displacement between Australia and the USA, so even if the moon wasn't moving relative the field of stars and planets, parallax shifts come into play. That's why cosmic events are seen all over the world, but lunar events (notably solar and lunar eclipses)are extremely localized. Hope this helps explain things. *fixed in space that is, although our rotating Earth makes them appear to rotate around us. Regards, Anthony > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Bong Manayon > Sent: Tuesday, 2 December 2008 12:27 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: PESO:Moon, Jupiter, and Venus > > Whoa...I'm in the Northern Hemisphere but in the same time zone as David... > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/3075353025/ > > Maybe north-south isn't the thing ... > > Bong > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
