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Lunar Eclipse modeling

Posted: 28.12.2016, 16:51
by scalbers
Greetings - here is an animation of a lunar eclipse seen from the moon:

http://stevealbers.net/albers/lunar/lunar_animation_crop_16k.gif

More info is on UMSF in posts 33-34 and Don Davis' work is in post 32.

http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=4960&view=findpost&p=233760

I'll be updating this too on my website here:

http://stevealbers.net/albers/lunar/lunar.html

The key here is looking at the sunlight interacting with Earth's atmosphere, including refraction, scattering, and clouds.