• MechanicalJester@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Have they explained why pictures of the moon taken from Sydney Australia are upsidedown from pictures of the moon taken in NYC?

    • Zagorath@aussie.zone
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      1 year ago

      Wouldn’t you sort of expect that in a spotlight-style moon?

      I say sort of, because what you’d actually expect, at least if I’m picturing it correctly, is that the moon would be rotated by about 130°. To be fully upside down you’d want to be off the coast of South America. And even then it’d be a rotation of 180°, which is not the same as a reflection.

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    • Summzashi@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      Yeah it has something to do with magnetic abberation or something that flips images or whatever