Earthshine

Word EARTHSHINE
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Definitions and meanings of "Earthshine"

What do we mean by earthshine?

The sunlight reflected from the earth's surface that illuminates part of the moon not directly lighted by the sun. noun

Reflected earthlight visible on the Moon's night side. noun

Reflected earthlight visible on the Moon's night side.

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The word "earthshine" in example sentences

Sydney, April 8 -- Difference in reflection of light from Earth's land masses and oceans can be seen on the dark side of the moon, a phenomenon known as earthshine, according to the latest research. ❋ Unknown (2009)

April 8th, 2009 SYDNEY - Difference in reflection of light from Earth's land masses and oceans can be seen on the dark side of the moon, a phenomenon known as earthshine, according to the latest research. ❋ Unknown (2009)

An international team has shown that the difference in reflection of light from the Earth's land masses and oceans can be seen on the dark side of the moon, a phenomenon known as earthshine, the 'Astrobiology' journal reported. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Look for the beautiful phenomenon known as "earthshine" ❋ Unknown (2010)

-2, which is not significantly different from what is implied by the satellite and "earthshine" data of Palle et al. (2004), although the satellite data of Pinker et al. (2005) suggest an increase only about a third as large for this period. ❋ Unknown (2009)

* Everywhere on the planet, after sunset: Observe earthshine on the surface of the waxing moon. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Through infrared observations with its newly installed infra-red mosaic camera WIRCam, the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope offered a stunning image of the crash of the European spacecraft Smart-1, a very bright flash on the low-contrast landscape lit by earthshine, an image that was made available to the European Space Agency moments after Smart-1 radio-silence had made clear that the mission had ended. ❋ Mac (2006)

I had extinguished the light again, lest it should fail me in the end; I was in darkness, save for the earthshine and the glitter of the stars below me. ❋ Herbert George (2006)

To me the Régent had its own earthshine, for I had come to believe that all the people who ever wore or held it were reflected within the great gem. ❋ JULIE BAUMGOLD (2005)

The moon is filled out to a circle by earthshine, the reflection of the sunlit half of the earth on the dark side of the moon. ❋ JULIE BAUMGOLD (2005)

The records, which partly overlap, include measurements of cloud cover taken by satellites and an analysis of earthshine, which was determined by studying how much it illuminates the dark portion of the moon. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Regular earthshine observations began in 1997, and the researchers suggested that the changes they observed may be part of a natural variation. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The explanation is, however, more prosaic, because the mountain is really brought into view by earthshine on its bright covering. ❋ Mark Wicks (N/A)

Presently it would float as Joe dreamed of it, and where the sun struck it, it would be unbearably bright, and where there were shadows, they would be abysmally black -- except, perhaps, when earthshine from the planet below would outline it in a ghostly fashion. ❋ Murray Leinster (1935)

In the new I discover manifestlie the earthshine, a little before the Dichotomic, that spot which reprefents unto me the Man in the Moone (but without a head) is first to be feene. a little after neare the brimme of the gibbous parts towards the upper corner appeare luminous parts like starres much brighter then the rest and the whole brimme along, lookes like unto the Description of ❋ Stevens, Henry, 1819-1886 (1885)

Prof. Shaler, who examined the crater when it was illuminated only by earthshine, with the fine 15-inch telescope of the ❋ Unknown (1862)

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