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Some parts of some craters are in permanent shadow.
by RichWalton 6y ago
Some parts of some craters are in permanent shadow.
- cgriswald 6y agoThis is true, but the phrasing "might be present on the sunlit side of the Moon" is problematic and reinforces the belief (also reinforced by the phrase "dark side") that the Moon has a light and dark side. (At least in the case of 'dark side' an argument could be made that it means 'dark to (historical) human knowledge.' It's hard to defend "sunlit side.")