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Why when viewed from space is the top of earth in sun and bottom dark shouldn't it be one side in sun and other side dark?
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
It depends where the spaceship is when the picture is taken. If it is parallel to the
equator, aka not above or below the Earth, then it might show the planet as half
dark and half light. But it the ship is positioned so that it sees mostly the side of
the Earth that is lit at the time, then it's going to show up on the photo the way
you described.
Also, the Earth tilts on it's axis, either towards or away from the Sun depending on
what season it is and which hemisphere you're in, so more of one side would be
sunny.
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It only depends on the astronaut's position when he snapped the photo,
and on how he decided to hold the camera at that instant.
Since there's no 'up', 'down', 'top', or 'bottom' in space, there's no telling how
he happened to be positioned at the time. We can be sure that he had more
important things to be concerned with at the moment than framing and composing
the color-glossies to show the folks back home at the next NASA barbecue.
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