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What are the bright spots called that occur as the moon covers the sun?
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∙ 8y ago
The lighter parts on the moon are mountains and highlands. They are more visible as they are at higher elevations. The darker parts are lunar maria, basins cut out by ancient lava flows. They have less craters than the highlands, as the lunar maria were formed after the time period where the most lunar impacts occurred.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agothe moon is naturally the lighter of the two colors. the dark spots are the results of several huge impacts which caused molten lava pulled by earths gravity, to surface and solidify. The spots are formally known as mare.
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∙ 12y agoThe moon, like the Earth, is illuminated on one side by the sun, while the other side is dark.
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∙ 12y agoThe dark spots on the moon were created by now-solidified lava. Their was flood and due to lava it made black spots on the moon.
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∙ 8y agoBailey's beads, caused by the Sun's light shining down valleys in the mountains.
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∙ 14y agoIts white when seen from Earth because it's lit up on our side by the sun.
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∙ 6y agoBecause the moon is made of a dark, metallic rock. The lighter areas are those reflecting more sun-light to us than their surroundings. The really dark areas are shadows. Hope this helps.
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∙ 14y agoThe dark marks are valleys or craters, depending on where they are.
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∙ 12y agoMountains or rocks that are raised above the moons surface.
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∙ 13y agowhy there are dark spot on the moon surface
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Where do shield volcanos occur?
Not at plate boundaries but instead form over hot spots.
What are the dark spots called on the earth?
what are the spots on earth main or do the earth have spots what are the spots on earth main or do the earth have spots
Which continent has the most hotspots?
Hot spots can and do occur on continents.
Where do most volcanos occur on earth surface?
They occur at plate boundaries (Pacific rim "Ring of Fire") or at mantle hot spots (Hawaii, Iceland).
When does a sun dog occur?
The word sun dog actually means a bright looking variety of colorful spots around the sun. It's also like a dog following it's master correct meaning of sun dog.
What are the Sudden bright spots near the dark spots?
they are called flares
What are the dots on the moon?
The dart spots are called marias and the bright highlands are the terrae
What is the grainy texture on the sun's surface produced by numerous bright markings called?
It's called granulation. (Also, I think it's actually a separate thing from the bright spots.)
What is a violent storm on the sun that has huge clouds of large bright loops or arches gases?
They''re called sun-spots. They appear as dark 'spots' on the surface of the Sun. The bright 'arches' are solar flares resulting from the storm's energy.
Are salamanders with bright orange spots poisonous?
yes
What color is a whelk?
they are purple with bright green spots
Where do shield volcanos occur?
Not at plate boundaries but instead form over hot spots.
What are the bright spots on the moon?
the bright spots are just different types of dust that gets dug up by meteorites which fall. these include dust that comes from ray craters and such like that.
Causes of seeing small bright spots?
you could have been staring into bright lights or your vision is bad
What is lots of tiny bright yellow spots on wood chips?
Lots of tiny, bright yellow spots on wood chips is likely mold. The area where the wood chips are is likely damp.
Visible dark spots on the sun are called?
We call them sunspots, but dark and cool are relative terms. A sunspot is dark only relative to the surrounding solar surface, but still intensely bright compared to your common household light bulb. It's cooler than the surrounding solar material, but still hot enough to vaporize a spaceship and anyone inside it in a fraction of a second.
How does the moon look?
The moon is a sphere about one- seventh of the earth's size. It has dark spots and bright spots and craters.
