Space/Science — HabitableZone

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Plasma sheet on the Moon coming from Earth!
Raoul — (archived)

When the Moon is behind the Earth, relative to the Sun (or when it's full moon), the Earth's magnetic field reaches our satellite and could provoke a plasma glow, visible where the Sun has set, as witnessed by Surveyor 7:

http://a52.g.akamaitech.net/f/52/827/1d/www.space.com/images/080418-surveyor-02.jpg

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