ASTR 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Green Flash, The Moons, Red Color
3 Dec 2017
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4. clouds are white because they reflect sunlight, which is white light. 5. the green flash occurs essentially due to the same reason that makes our sky blue. 13. the full moon appears red during a total lunar eclipse essentially because the reason for the sky being blue. 14. are able to locate the big dipper. 15. is no true dark side, as both sides receive sunlight at different point is the moons orbit. 17. the color of the sun is white, essentially all visible wavelengths of colors mixed together. 19. as we know, going to mars is very tricky, and so far we"ve had a 56% failure rate of landing. 20. the north star can be really useful to those without a compass or phone. the north star as a reference point in the sky, people can determine their latitude.
