Re: Okay... what am I seeing on the moon?

From: Tony Flanders (tony_flanders_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/23/04 

Date: 23 Sep 2004 05:44:30 -0700

> > Those were mountain tops being lit by the sun.
>
> I thought of that, but they seemed remarkably bright for that, and faily far
> into the dark. It's obviously the logical conclusion...

Watch them for a few hours, and you will see the sunlight creep down
the mountains. Very cool! I particularly like the effect on the central
peak of a crater; you can watch the terminator sweep across the crater
floor until it hits the base of the already-illuminated central peak.

    - Tony Flanders