a professional artist, I mean.

lastly.....it is has been observed by others that moonlight cools objects. the opposite of sunlight. but I'm taking that with a grain of salt until I do the experiment myself here in Switzerland with 3 other PhD colleagues

as a double blind study

Yeah, I can't verify the cool moonlight, myself, so I keep an open mind on that one.

Moonlight emits cold rays? Colder than in shadows also?

in other words moonlight literally cools things

thats what some people say

so an object in the moonlight will be cooler than an object in the shade of moonlight

and the numbers I've seen are impessive

Wow we all sync up then with the moonlight cold

we're not talking 0.01 degrees. but on the order of 4 to 5 degrees

but I need to verify for myself

So the question is does it give off its own light source, it must right?

yes

how do you explain phases of the moon?

have you seen those moon lamps that actually have phases?

If not I'll have to go find an image. it's the best visual I think

i dont think so

ok. will see if I can find one. brb

ok

I think I know those lamps

might be trickier to explain how the moon could light up in that pattern

https://stuffs.cool/moonphase-lamp-this-lamp-displays-the-phases-of-the-moon-in-real-time/

Switch on one side 😆

just imagine a shade that rotates inside a lamp

with bulb in center

probably not hard to make actually

Yeah makes me question if it's artificially created

what could the mechanism be that would cause the moon to light up in that pattern?

well, those lamps are solid, so there's certainly something more complex going on if the moon itself isn't solid.

well if it's not solid then it's even easier

it's just a projection

but you said the moon wasnt solid

I don't personally believe it's solid. no

projection from where?

in that situation it's even easier

oh, projected from earth?

that's what people are trying to find out. Crow777 has probably done the best work.

he is the first one to observe the "lunar wave"

which looks like a refresh bar moving across the moon. very cool

I don't think we know enough