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[–] 21 points 5 months ago* (5 children)

Yo I've had to explain to way too many people lately that the far side isn't "dark". When there's a new moon the light is on the other side....

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    yeah but backface culling means the far side isnt rendered, so it really is dark

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Got a friend who is a bit of a alien conspiracy nut. Shortly before Moonfall he started with the hollow moon alien base theory (I was laughing tears when I saw the trailer). He said the moon is the only satellite in our solar system that doesn't rotate and that is proof.

    You should have seen his face when I demonstrated with a phone and a bottle of beer that the moon does indeed rotate once every full orbit. It got even better when I explained that one day we will loose the moon cause it very slowly drifts away from us.

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