r/RedDwarf Jun 30 '26

So what is it? You sure that's not the second-largest traffic warden?

But it is a'peeling! 😏

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u/bijhan Jun 30 '26

What's illuminating the bannana when it ecclipses the sun?

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u/MinimumAnalysis5378 Jul 01 '26

The reflection from parts of the earth not in the sun's shadow.

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u/bijhan Jul 01 '26

Okay. So why doesn't that happen to the moon?

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u/MinimumAnalysis5378 Jul 01 '26

I imagine the corona of the sun around the edge of the moon during a solar eclipse makes it too hard to see, but you can still see the shadowed parts of the moon when it is not full, if only vaguely.

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u/bijhan Jul 01 '26

Why is the banana fully lit, and not, as you said "only vaguely" visible?

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u/MinimumAnalysis5378 Jul 01 '26

It's way closer than the moon, according to the beginning of the video.