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NASA News Briefs and Releases BBSNews 2005 Compiled by Kandy Ringer |
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| A crescent moon with Earthshine over Yosemite National Park in October 2004.
Credit: Photo credit: Andy Skinner. |
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NASA via BBSNews - 2005-10-04 -- The next time you step outside at sunset and look at the glow on the horizon, think about how sky watchers puzzled over what made it. One man figured it out in the 16th century but he is not well known for this discovery. He is more known the Mona Lisa. Yes I am talking about Leonardo Da Vinci.
"Little-known to most, one of Leonardo's finest works is not a painting or an invention, but rather something from astronomy: He solved the ancient riddle of Earthshine." writes Dr. Tony Phillips.
To read more about this amazing discovery, please see The Da Vinci Glow.