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To: Alastair McIntosh who wrote (20903)	12/25/2002 6:54:58 PM
From: Richnorth	Respond to of 27666

Because there is no air and water vapour on the moon (the moon has no enveloping atmosphere) , bright sunshine as we know it on Earth is not possible there. Whatever light one sees on the moon is light reflected from objects on which the light fell. We have bright skies (in the daytime) here on Earth because we have an enveloping atmosphere and the sunlight is dispersed and diffused and scattered all over by this atmosphere and reflected from clouds and other objects on which sunlight fell. Because of this brightness in the daytime, the stars in the sky are not visible. However, astronauts directly above in outerspace will be able to see the stars because the sky there is "black". That is it is dark out there.

To: Alastair McIntosh who wrote (20903)	12/25/2002 7:08:27 PM
From: Richnorth	Respond to of 27666

By the way, it is possible to shoot simulated "night" scenes on Earth during the daytime (when stars are invisible) by using dark red and dark blue filters screwed on camera lenses. This may be done for both colour and black-and-white films. As stars were not seen in that supposed live TV shoot on the moon, perhaps it is safe to bet it was all contrived in a studio setting.